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 .
Note that "public school" in the context of this article means tuition-free, government-run school. This contrasts with the local usage in some countries; see " Public School " for more information.
- Aaron Burr High School - '' Batman (TV Series) ''
- Angel Grove High School - ''Power Rangers''
- Arcadia High School - '' Joan Of Arcadia '' (There is a real Arcadia High School in Arcadia, California as well as in Phoenix, Arizona)
- Arlen High School - '' King Of The Hill ''
- Avalanche Arts Academy - '' As Told By Ginger '', "Foutleys on Ice" episode
- Bardell High School - ''''
- Bayside High School - '' Saved By The Bell '' (Bayside's rival is fictional Valley High School.)
- Bedrock High School - '' The Flintstones ''
- R.B. Bennet High School - '' Naturally, Sadie ''
- Bikini Bottom High School - '' Spongebob Squarepants ''
- Booker T. Washington High School - '' The Steve Harvey Show ''
- Borden High School - '' Degrassi Junior High ''
- '' Bromwell High '' (a nearby school, Bromwell Park Secondary, is also mentioned in the series.)
- Capeside High School - '' Dawson's Creek ''
- Central High School - '' Archie Comics ''
- Clone High - '' Clone High USA ''
- Coal Hill School - '' Doctor Who ''
- Deffry Vale High School - '' Doctor Who ''
- Degrassi Community School - ''''
- '' Degrassi High ''
- Domino High School - '' Yu-Gi-Oh! ''
- Erinsborough High School - '' Neighbours ''
- Flatpoint High School - '' Strangers With Candy ''
- Furinkan High School - '' Ranma ½ ''
- Galaxy High
- Galfast High - '' Chalk ''
- Gorin High - '' Rival Schools '' video game
- '' Grange Hill ''
- '' Gravedale High ''
- 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.)
- Harry J. Anslinger High School - '' Reefer Madness : the movie musical''
- 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 ''
- John Adams High School - '' Boy Meets World ''
- John Hughes High School - '' Not Another Teen Movie ''
- 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 ''
- McKinley High School, '' Freaks And Geeks ''
- Meridianna High School - Cybersix
- Midtown High School - Spider-Man 's high school, located in The Bronx
- Monroe High School (later renamed Millard Filmore High School) - '' Head Of The Class ''
- Mount Rose High School - '' Drop Dead Gorgeous ''
- Neil Armstrong Comprehensive School - '' Adrian Mole '' series by Sue Townsend
- Neptune High School - '' Veronica Mars ''
- Peach Creek High School - '' Ed, Edd, N Eddy's Hanky Panky Hullabaloo '' (Strangely, the teacher is never seen!)
- Performing Arts High School - '' Fame (movie) '' and '' Fame (television) ''
- Polk High - '' Married... With Children ''
- Rancho Carne High School - '' Bring It On ''
- Reefside High School - ''''
- Rintama High School - ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''
- 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 )
- Seijyu High School a.k.a. Northwest High School - '' Cardcaptor Sakura ''
- Shelbyville High School - '' The Simpsons '', rival school to Springfield High School
- Shermer High School - '' The Breakfast Club ''
- Sky High - Superhero high school, '' Sky High ''
- 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
- Tomobiki High School - '' Urusei Yatsura '' a.k.a. ''Lum''
- Toryo High School - '' Marmalade Boy ''
- Tree Hill High School - '' One Tree Hill ''
- Twin Peaks High School - '' Twin Peaks '' (TV series and movie "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me")
- Vince Lombardi High School - ''Rock and Roll High School''
- 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) ''
- Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild school - '' Discworld ''
- O Ateneu - from the Raul Pompéia book of the same name
- Ayn Rand School for Tots - '' The Simpsons '' television show
- Beardsley School for Girls - '' Lolita '' by Vladimir Nabokov
- Bel-Air Academy - '' The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air '' television show
- Blake Holsey High - '' Black Hole High ''
- '' Chalet School '' - series by Elinor Brent-Dyer
- Chilton Academy - '' Gilmore Girls '' television show
- CLAMP School - from various series by CLAMP
- Constance Billard School for Girls - '' Gossip Girl ''
- Dorset Academy - '' A Good School '' by Richard Yates
- Dotheboys Hall - '' Nicholas Nickleby '' novel
- Eastland Academy - '' The Facts Of Life '' television show
- Eden Hall Academy - ''D3: The Mighty Ducks''
- Elite Way School - '' Rebelde Way '', an Argentinian soap opera.
- Eriol Academy - '' Angelic Layer '' manga and anime
- Fuuka Academy - '' Mai-HiME '' television show
- Greyfriars School - '' Billy Bunter '' series
- Greytowers Boarding School - '' Winker Watson '' comic strip
- Harbor School - '' The O.C. '' television show
- Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry - '' Harry Potter '' series (There are two other fictional schools named in Harry Potter series ( Beauxbatons Academy Of Magic and Durmstrang Institute ), but neither is really explored.)
- Holy Forest Academy - '' Great Teacher Onizuka ''
- Horace Green Preparatory School - '' School Of Rock ''
- Io House - '' Red Dwarf '' television show
- Kadic Academy (also called Kadic Junior High School) - '' Code Lyoko '' television show
- Kingscote School For Girls - Antonia Forest 's Marlow family books
- Kotobuki Preparatory School - '' Season Of The Sakura '' video game
- Lilian Girls' School - '' Maria-sama Ga Miteru ''
- Linbury Court Preparatory School - '' Jennings '' series. Linbury Court's local rivals are Bracebridge School.
- Llanabba Castle - '' Decline And Fall '' by Evelyn Waugh
- '' Macdonald Hall '' - series by Gordon Korman
- Mahora Academy - '' Negima ''
- '' Malory Towers '' - series by Enid Blyton
- Manchester Preparatory School - '' Cruel Intentions ''
- Market Snodsbury Grammar School - '' Right Ho, Jeeves '' by P.G. Wodehouse
- Massachusetts Academy - '' Generation X ''
- Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches - '' The Worst Witch '' series by Jill Murphy
- Miss Rosa Coote's Correctional Academy for Wayward Gentlewomen - '' The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen '' by Alan Moore
- Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies - '' A Little Princess '' by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Miss Shannon's School for Girls - Lydia's school from the movie and cartoon, " Beetlejuice "
- Ohtori Academy - '' Revolutionary Girl Utena ''
- Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow - '' That '70s Show '' television show
- Pacific Coast Academy - '' Zoey 101 ''
- Pencey Preparatory School - '' The Catcher In The Rye '' (other fictional prep schools the protagonist, Holden Caulfield , attended in the past include the Whooton School and Elkton Hills)
- Point Blanc Academy, France - '' Alex Rider '' series
- Prufrock Preparatory School - '' A Series Of Unfortunate Events '' (Book the Sixth, ''The Austere Academy'')
- Quirm College for Young Ladies - '' Discworld ''
- St. Bartleby's School for Young Gentlemen - '' Artemis Fowl '' by Eoin Colfer
- '' St Cake's School '' - parody of public schools generally, mentioned in dispatches from Private Eye
- '' St. Clare's '' - series by Enid Blyton
- '' St. Custard's '' - '' Molesworth '' books by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle . (Three rival schools to St. Custard's are named as Porridge Court, Howler House and Poopwell Hall.)
- St. Hebereke Girls' Academy - '' Ranma ½ '' television show
- St. Jennifer's School for Girls - '' Winker Watson '' comic strip
- St. Midas's - '' The Diamond As Big As The Ritz '' by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- St. Sebastian's School for Wicked Girls - '' The Simpsons '' television show
- Selhurst School - originally a practical joke, immortalized in print in '' The Life And Death Of Rochester Sneath ''
- Shinra Private School - '' Shaman King ''
- Springfield Preparatory School - '' The Simpsons '' television show
- Thomas Aquinas Private Girls' School - '' Sailor Moon '' The school that the character of Rei Hino (Raye Hino) attends
- Trebizon School For Girls - Anne Digby 's Trebizon series
- Trinity Hall Girls School - '' Winker Watson '' comic strip
- Walnut Grove Academy - The Young And The Restless
- Warren Greeley Preparatory School - '' School Of Rock '' movie
- Welton Academy - '' Dead Poets Society '' movie
- Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters - '' X-Men '' (known as the "X-Men Academy")
- Academy of Computer Sciences - '' Max Headroom ''
- Acme Looniversity - '' Tiny Toon Adventures ''
- Adams College - '' Revenge Of The Nerds '' movies
- All Systems University - Gene Roddenberry 's '' Andromeda ''
- Bancroft College - '' Bright Promise ''
- Banting University - ''''
- Barnett College - '' Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade ''
- Bikini Bottom Community College - '' Spongebob Squarepants ''
- Bikini Bottom University - '' Spongebob Squarepants ''
- Borchmore - '' Mission Hill ''
- Boston Bay College - '' Dawson's Creek ''
- Cadwalader College - ''Fast Break'', a movie starring Gabe Kaplan
- California University - ''''
- CalSci - '' NUMB3RS '' television show
- CalTech (Calcutta Tech) - The Simpsons
- University of California, Sunnydale - '' Buffy The Vampire Slayer ''
- Camden College - '' The Rules Of Attraction '' by Bret Easton Ellis ; "Fortress of Solitude" by Jonathan Lethem
- Camford University - '' Flatland '' by Edwin Abbott
- Christminster University and Bibliol College - '' Jude The Obscure '' by Thomas Hardy ; ''Christminster'' by Gareth Rees
- Coney Island Community College - '' Futurama ''
- Crazy Go Nuts University - '' Homestar Runner ''
- University Of Edgestow - '' That Hideous Strength '' by C. S. Lewis
- Eastern State University - The Program
- The Famous and Non-existent University of Eaton, USA - '' Amanece, Que No Es Poco ''
- Empire State University - Spider-Man 's alma mater in New York City
- Faber College - '' Animal House '' {Link without Title}
- Globetrotter University, Globetrotter homeworld - '' Futurama ''
- Gotham University - '' Batman '' comics and animation
- University of Gloucester - '' Thinks ... '' by David Lodge
- Genoa City University in Genoa City , Wisconsin - '' The Young And The Restless ''
- George Underwood Edwards Institute of Technology - '' The Lurking Horror '' computer game
- Grant College - '' Family Ties ''
- Grant University - '' Mazes And Monsters ''
- Groff Community College - '' American Dad! ''
- Harrison University - '' Old School ''
- Harrod College - '' The Harrod Experiment '' by Robert Rimmer
- Hill Valley College - ''''
- Hillman College - '' The Cosby Show , A Different World ''
- Hudson University - '' Law & Order '', '' New Teen Titans ''
- Ivytown University - '' Atom ''
- Jupiter State - '' Futurama ''
- Langley College - '' The Facts Of Life ''
- Leland College - '')
- Los Angeles University - ''''
- University of Los Angeles - '' The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air ''
- Lowlands University - '' A Very Peculiar Practice ''
- Mars University - '' Futurama ''
- Martha Graham Academy - '' Oryx And Crake '' by Margaret Atwood
- Metropolis University - in the Superman comics, a major university in Metropolis attended by Clark Kent
- Midston University - '' Danny Dunn '' series of books
- Minnesota State University - '' Coach ''
- ---Two schools in the real Minnesota State Colleges And Universities System adopted the "Minnesota State" name after the run of ''Coach'' ended.
- University of Minnetonka - Roderick
- Miskatonic University - Various works by H. P. Lovecraft and others
- Monroe College - Doctor Detroit
- University Of New York - '' Felicity ''
- University of North Alaska - '' The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou ''
- North Southwestern State University - '' Boy Meets World ''
- University of The United States - '' Coming To America ''
- University Of Okoboji
- Orange County University - '' Orange County (movie) ''
- Pacific Institute of Technology - '' Real Genius ''
- Pendelton University - '' Urban Legend ''
- Pennbrook College - '' Boy Meets World ''
- Perfecto Prep - '' Tiny Toon Adventures ''
- Pomona University - college where fictional, Jimmy Neutron , once attended.
- Port Chester University - '' PCU ''
- Prinstone University - a university located in '' The Flintstones' '' Bedrock ; a parody of Princeton University
- University of Quahog - '' Family Guy ''
- Randolph Harrington College - '' Boston Common ''
- Ridgemont College - '' Please Don't Eat The Daisies '', '' Who's The Boss? ''
- University of Rummidge - various works of David Lodge
- Santa Monica College - '' The Parkers '' (There is a real Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, Calif.)
- Saraswati Humanocentric Educlave and Research Institute - ''Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone'' from DC Comics
- Scumbag College - '' The Young Ones ''
- University Of Southern North Dakota At Hoople - various P. D. Q. Bach albums by Peter Schickele
- Shale University - '' The Flintstones ''; parody of Yale University
- Springfield A & M - '' The Simpsons ''
- Springfield Community College - '' The Simpsons ''
- Springfield Heights Institute of Technology - '' The Simpsons ''
- Springfield University - '' The Simpsons ''
- St. Cedd's College, Cambridge - Douglas Adam's '' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency '' and through his collaboration on '' Doctor Who 's'' unaired '' Shada ''
- "The state college for Negroes" - '' Invisible Man '' (clearly modeled on Tuskegee Institute )
- Suffix University - ''Perfectly Correct'' by Phillipa Gregory
- Swigmore University - '' The Simpsons ''
- Tekerson Tech - '' Undergrads ''
- To-Oh University- '' Death Note ''
- Unknown University - ''The Men Who Murdered Mohammed'' by Alfred Bester
- Unseen University - '' Discworld '' series
- University of Watermouth - '' The History Man '' by Malcolm Bradbury
- University of Winnemac - '' Arrowsmith '' by Sinclair Lewis
- Waindell College - '' Pnin '' by Vladimir Nabokov
- Watson-Crick Institute - '' Oryx And Crake '' by Margaret Atwood
- Wentbridge University - '' Flatland '' by Edwin A. Abbott
- Western University - "Blue Chips"
- Worthington University - '' Dawson's Creek ''
- Wossamotta University - '' Rocky & Bullwinkle ''
- Xavier Institute for Higher Learning - '' X-Men ''
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