also: けんりつこうこう
prefectural senior high school; public senior high school
A senior high school operated by a prefectural government. In Japan, most public high schools are prefectural.
彼は県立高等学校に通っています。
He attends a prefectural senior high school.
県立高校の入試は来月です。
The entrance exam for the prefectural high school is next month.
私立高等学校 is a private senior high school, while 県立高等学校 is public and run by the prefecture.
市立高等学校 is a municipal senior high school run by a city, as opposed to a prefecture.
Standard formal name for a prefectural senior high school.
Common abbreviated form; 高等学校 is shortened to 高校.
Compound of 県立 (prefectural) + 高等学校 (senior high school).