Traditionally " prep schools " in North America were usually private institutions, though most medium or large public ( state ) school districts now offer university-preparatory schools for advanced students.

In 1917, Fudan Public School became a private university named the Private Fudan University ( 私立復旦大學 ), and also had a middle school and university-preparatory school.

The nearest vocational high school is Pathfinder High School in Palmer, and the nearest university-preparatory school is Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Wilbraham.

Home to the Phillips Exeter Academy, a private university-preparatory school, Exeter is situated where the Exeter River feeds the tidal Squamscott River.

Many lukio ( university-preparatory high school ) alumni ( who are thus traditionally assumed to be university bound ), wear a cap.

* Collingwood School, university-preparatory school in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Today, Appleby is a co-educational day and boarding university-preparatory school, with a curriculum based around the liberal arts.

McIntyre, a native of Ontario, attended the University of Toronto Schools, a university-preparatory school in Toronto, finishing first in the national high school mathematics competition of 1965.

Xavier High School is an independent Jesuit university-preparatory secondary school for young men located at 30 West 16th Street, in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

Collingwood School is an independent, non-denominational, co-educational, university-preparatory school founded in 1984.

* Rothesay Netherwood School, a private university-preparatory school

* university-preparatory school

It is a university-preparatory school for boys in grades 6 to 12, with a focus on academic achievement, athletics, and leadership development.

Upper Canada College, a private school in Toronto, and Ridley College, an international, university-preparatory boarding school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, use the title Head Boy differently, applying it to the student who has achieved the highest academic standing in their graduating class, similar, in principle, to the valedictorian at an American high school.

Ridley College ( also known as Bishop Ridley College, Ridley, BRC or RC ) is a co-educational boarding and day university-preparatory school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 20 miles ( 32 km ) from Niagara Falls.

The Philadelphia High School for Girls, also known as Girls ' High, is a public university-preparatory magnet high school for girls in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Preppy is both an American adjective and an American noun, while prep is only an American noun, traditionally used in relation to Northeastern private university-preparatory schools and denotes a person seen as characteristic of an attendee of these schools.

This category includes university-preparatory schools or " prep schools ", boarding schools and day schools.

This use of the term in the UK is different from United States and Canadian usage, where a " prep school " is a university-preparatory school for older pupils.

In Loyola's Mission Statement, the School is described as providing a university-preparatory program consisting of a rigorous and comprehensive educational experience intertwined with spiritual and religious formation, and extra-curricular involvement to deserving students.

Regis High School is a private Jesuit university-preparatory school for academically gifted Roman Catholic young men located on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

St. John's-Ravenscourt School ( commonly referred as SJR ) is an independent, co-educational, university-preparatory school founded in 1820.

" Unlike many university-preparatory schools, College Prep does not have a proper name, as the founders thought the name's directness reflected a straightforward, " unambiguous " approach to education.

Throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries the concentration of wealth in Georgetown sparked the growth of many university-preparatory schools in and around the neighborhood.

In South Korea, many high schools designated as foreign language high or science high are often considered university-preparatory schools.

* Faith Baptist School, Baptist university-preparatory school-nearby in Canoga Park.

* Charleston Collegiate School, private college-preparatory school in South Carolina

** Oak Ridge Military Academy, a military college-preparatory school

New Life Christian Academy is a K3-12 private school that serves students throughout southeast Alabama and utilizes the college-preparatory ABeka curriculum.

Portola Valley is also home to a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery and an independent college-preparatory Roman Catholic day and boarding school, Woodside Priory School, with grades 6-12.

The neighboring communities of Bloomfield Township and Beverly Hills have two single-sex Catholic schools: Brother Rice High School for boys and Marian High School for girls, as well as a private college-preparatory school, Detroit Country Day School.

North Missouri Institute, another college-preparatory school, opened in 1891.

Holderness is also home to Holderness School, a co-educational college-preparatory boarding school.

Along with Tilton, Northfield is home to the facilities of the Tilton School, an independent college-preparatory school serving grades 9-12.

St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy, a co-educational, Episcopal college-preparatory school, was founded as St. Mary's Hall, a boarding school for girls, by George Washington Doane in 1837.

Baptist Regional School is a private, co-educational K-12 college-preparatory school governed by a board of directors in association with Haddon Heights Baptist Church ( GARBC ).

The Oak Ridge Military Academy, a private, coed, college-preparatory military boarding school, was established here in 1852.

Styron attended public school until third grade, when his father sent him to Christchurch School, an Episcopal college-preparatory school in the Tidewater region of Virginia.

* Clarksville Academy, a private college-preparatory school

* Colorado Academy, a private college-preparatory school with k-12 education

Ransom Everglades is an independent, non-profit, co-educational, college-preparatory day school serving grades six to twelve in Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida.

Nankai High School is also considered an elite college-preparatory school.

Born in 1908 to a Tosk landowner from Gjirokastër who returned to Albania after working in the United States, Hoxha attended the country's best college-preparatory school, the National Lycée in Korçë.