進しん学がっ校こう

noun

prep school; college-prep school; school with high university entrance rate

Refers to a high school that sends a large proportion of its graduates to prestigious universities. The focus is on entrance exam preparation.

• 彼かれは地じ元もとの進しん学がっ校こうに通かよっている。

  He attends a local college-prep school.

• 進しん学がっ校こうでは、放ほう課か後ごも補ほ習しゅうが行おこなわれることが多おおい。

  At prep schools, supplementary lessons are often held after school.

noun

school with high rate of graduates entering university or junior college

Dated usage. Historically referred to schools with a high proportion of graduates advancing to any higher education, not necessarily top-ranking institutions. Now largely replaced by the modern sense.

• 昭しょう和わの時じ代だい、この高こう校こうは進しん学がっ校こうとして知しられていた。

  In the Showa era, this high school was known as a school that sent many graduates to university or junior college.