A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. It is independent in the sense that it operates according to the basic principle of autonomy for accountability, that it is freed from the rules but accountable for results.
In 2003, Granada Hills Charter High School in Los Angeles became the largest charter school in the United States.
SER-Niños Charter School, a charter school in the Gulfton area of Houston, Texas
A state school, public school, or government school is a primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. Such schools are funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state.
With 5,498 students as of the 2021–22 school year, Reading Senior High School in Reading, Pennsylvania, is the largest state school in Pennsylvania and one of the largest state schools in the United States.
Old Scona High School in Edmonton, Alberta
A secondary school in Bragado, Argentina
Stone plaque marking the site of the first public school in the United States, located in Dedham, Massachusetts