Public school may refer to:
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Public school (government-funded)
A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state. State-f ...
, a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government
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Public school (United Kingdom)
A public school in England and Wales is a type of fee-charging Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school originally for older boys. The schools are "public" from a historical schooling context in the sense of being open to pupils ...
, certain elite fee-charging private schools in England and Wales
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Great Public Schools, independent non-government fee-charging (mainly boys') elite schools in New South Wales, Australia originally established on the basis of Christian denominations
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Public Schools Association, a group of seven independent boys' schools in Perth, Western Australia
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Associated Public Schools of Victoria
The Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) are a group of eleven independent schools in Victoria, Australia, similar to the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools in New South Wales, the Great Public Schools Association in Quee ...
, a group of eleven elite schools in Victoria, Australia
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Public school (India), a group of historically elite fee-charging privately owned and managed schools in India
See also
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Public university
A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...
, in many countries the designation for any university operated by the government as opposed to a privately owned organization
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Independent school
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their fina ...
, school that is not dependent upon the state
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Private university
Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. However, they often receive tax breaks, public student loans, and government grants. Depending on the count ...
, higher education institution not operated by a government
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