minischool

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noun

A school with a very small student population.

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Meanings

nounminischool (plural minischools)

plural minischools

  1. A school with a very small student population.

    There are 86 ELLs in the four minischools at the Columbus campus, but few if any have been receiving the required level of English-fluency classes because those minischools do not offer them.

    2007 May 9, Samuel G. Freedman, “English Language Learners as Pawns in the School System’s Overhaul”, in New York Times

Origin

From mini- + school.

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APA

minischool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minischool

MLA

“minischool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minischool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minischool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minischool.

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