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
A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both lower secondary education and upper secondary education, i.e., both levels 2 and 3 of the ISCED scale, but these can also be provided in separate schools.
Main entrance of Camberwell High School, VIC, Australia
Students at First High School in Argos, Peloponnese, Greece
Pozsonyi Királyi Katolikus Gimnázium, a high school in Bratislava, Slovakia
The first taxpayer-funded public school in the United States was in Dedham, Massachusetts.