American Educational System

American Educational System

1 Types of schools in the US

Pupils in America have to attend the following schools:

Age
Grade
School
3 - 5

Nursery School
5 - 6
K
Kindergarten
6 - 12
1 - 6
Elementary School
12 - 14
7 - 8
Junior High School
14 - 18
9 - 12
High School

The majority of them attend public schools (≈ 85%). The rest are in private schools where 4/5 are religious schools.

2 Curriculum

Elementary School
Junior High and High School
    math language arts social studies science P. E. (art, music, computers)
You have to join four of the following subjects:
    English history math science foreign language

3 Higher Education

Type
duration
academic grade
university
college
4 years
B. A.
community college
junior college
2 years
vocational and academic
technical school
6 month - 3 years
vocational

3.1 How to pick a school

    teaching faculty research facility special programmes how much money the school has

3.2 How to apply

    essay recommendations interview high school record

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