Public school may refer to:
- State school in Australia, Canada, Scotland, and the United States, a school funded with tax revenue and administered by a government or governmental agency
- Public school (United Kingdom) – a group of around 10% of the fee-paying independent schools in the United Kingdom which are considered especially prestigious.
- Public university, in some countries, e.g. the United States, any university operated by the state, as opposed to being a private enterprise.
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“Bodily offspring I do not leave, but mental offspring I do. Well, my books do not have to be sent to school and college, and then insist on going into the church, or take to drinking, or marry their mothers maid.”
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