charter school

noun

: a tax-supported school established by a charter between a granting body (such as a school board) and an outside group (as of teachers and parents) which operates the school without most local and state educational regulations so as to achieve set goals

Examples of charter school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The School Board at the time decided not to give charter schools a proportional share of the revenues collected based on student enrollment. —Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025

The academy is a public charter school for students in kindergarten through eighth grades located on Cherry Lane in Meridian. —Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2025

Hundreds of charter school students went to the Maryland State House. —Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 25 Feb. 2025

Mallory Hutchings-Tryon is a historian and educator with a decade of experience teaching throughout the country in K-12 secondary public, private, and charter schools. —Mallory Hutchings-Tryon / Made By History, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above

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Kids Definition

charter school

noun

: a tax-supported school set up by a charter between an official body (as a state government) and an outside group (as of educators and businesses) to achieve set goals