While real schools and universities are often prominently featured in works of fiction, this is a list of schools and universities which are entirely fictional, even though some of them are modeled after real world institutions.
Relying on a fictional setting allows the authors to exaggerate certain aspects of school life for humorous or dramatic effect. In tales targeted at children and teens, the actual learning and teaching experience is usually downplayed to focus on social interaction, often taking place outside the classroom. Some fictional schools and universities teach subjects which are not ordinarily taught, such as witchcraft, circus arts, or even sexual behavior.
Public schools
Elementary
Middle and junior high
High schools
- Aaron Burr High School - Batman (TV series)
- Arcadia High School - Joan of Arcadia (TV series)
- Arlen High School - King of The Hill
- Avalanche Arts Academy - As Told By Ginger, "Foutleys on Ice" episode
- Bayside High School - Saved by the Bell (There are several real schools with this name.)
- Booker T. Washington High School - The Steve Harvey Show
- Capeside High School - Dawson's Creek
- Central High School - Archie Comics
- Coal Hill School - Doctor Who
- Degrassi High
- Erinsborough High School - Neighbours
- Furinkan High School - Ranma ˝
- Gorin High - Rival Schools video game
- Grange Hill
- Harding High School - Family Ties (There are of course, many Harding High Schools, but none in Columbus, OH as this one was said to be.)
- Hickory High School - Hoosiers (There are Hickory High Schools in various places in the United States, but none in rural Indiana, the setting of this movie.)
- Hill Valley High School - Back to the Future
- James Buchanan High School - Welcome Back, Kotter
- James Woods Regional High School - Family Guy
- Jefferson High School - Happy Days
- Lakewood High School - 10 Things I Hate About You (There are real schools elsewhere with this name.)
- Lawndale High School - Daria
- Liberty High School - My So-Called Life
- Lucky High School - As Told By Ginger
- Marion Barry High School - High School High
- Martin Luther Thing, Jr. High School - sewer mutant school, Futurama
- Midtown High School - Spider-Man's high school, located in The Bronx
- Monroe High School - Head of the Class
- Performing Arts High School - Fame (movie) and Fame (television)
- Rancho Carne High School - Bring It On
- River City High - River City Ransom video game
- Riverdale High School - Archie Comics
- St. Genevieve High School - Family Guy
- Santo Domingo High School - Parker Lewis Can't Lose (There is a Santo Domingo High School in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
- Shermer High School - The Breakfast Club
- Springfield High School - The Simpsons (There are numerous Springfield High Schools throughout the United States, but the Springfield of The Simpsons is totally fictional.)
- Sunnydale High School - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Sweet Valley High School - series by Francine Pascal
- Taft and Adams High School - Screwballs
- Taiyo High - Rival Schools video game
- Tamagawa Minami High - Rival Schools video game
- Toryo High School - Marmalade Boy
- Weatherfield Comprehensive - Coronation Street
- Weequahic High - Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
- West Beverly High School - Beverly Hills 90210
- Westdale High School - The Brady Bunch
- Westerberg High School - Heathers
- Winslow High School - Boston Public
- Woodrow Roosevelt High School - Batman (TV series)
Parochial schools
Private and boarding schools
Colleges and universities
See also:
Military academies
Professional schools
Other
See also
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