All preparatory school synonyms
pre·par·a·to·ry school
P p noun preparatory school
- finishing school — a private school, usually at the high-school or junior-college level, that teaches young women social graces and prepares them for life in society.
- academy — Academy is sometimes used in the names of schools and colleges, especially those specializing in particular subjects or skills, or private high schools in the United States.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
- military school — military academy.
- independent school — (in Britain) a school that is neither financed nor controlled by the government or local authorities