The United States does not have a unified national or federal educational system. Although there are more than fifty independent systems of education, there are a number of similarities between them.
Public high school teachers in a classroom in North Carolina
Middle schoolchildren in a language arts class (2006)
A building on the campus of the New York Institute of Technology, founded in 1955 in Manhattan
The University of Miami, founded in 1925 in Coral Gables, Florida
A state school, public school, or government school is a primary or secondary school funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state. State-funded schools are global
Education in the United States
…Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense Dependents Schools), there are a number of similarities between them. Education is provided in public and private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. Educational standards are set at the state or territory level by the supervising organization…
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