school district
noun
: a unit for administration of a public-school system often comprising several towns within a state
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The Journal’s Nicole Ault and Megan Keller recently offered a chilling report on the destructive ideology embedded in a training program at a Pennsylvania school district. 
James Freeman, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 In a separate situation, the Justice Department detailed a horrific pattern of racist abuse where Black and Asian students at a school district in Farmington were harassed for years, and the complaints of parents and students were ignored. Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022 The argument has pitted a wealthier school district against a less-wealthy one. Laura Hancock, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2022 But in Montgomery -- a school district that is 80% African American -- the names Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Sidney Lanier remain on three high schools. Nadia Romero, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022 Stewart endorsed his plan, an important development for a school district that hasn’t seen an increase to its annual operating budget for years. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Sep. 2022 Officials at a Pennsylvania school district are allowing the Satanic Temple to host a back-to-school event at a high school. Adam Sabes, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022 The two-year program offers a living stipend, a tuition-free master’s degree and a job at a partnering school district. Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2022 This week, a Texas school district ordered 41 books to be removed from library shelves. Alisa Wiersema, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2022 See More
James Freeman, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 In a separate situation, the Justice Department detailed a horrific pattern of racist abuse where Black and Asian students at a school district in Farmington were harassed for years, and the complaints of parents and students were ignored. Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022 The argument has pitted a wealthier school district against a less-wealthy one. Laura Hancock, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2022 But in Montgomery -- a school district that is 80% African American -- the names Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Sidney Lanier remain on three high schools. Nadia Romero, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022 Stewart endorsed his plan, an important development for a school district that hasn’t seen an increase to its annual operating budget for years. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Sep. 2022 Officials at a Pennsylvania school district are allowing the Satanic Temple to host a back-to-school event at a high school. Adam Sabes, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022 The two-year program offers a living stipend, a tuition-free master’s degree and a job at a partnering school district. Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2022 This week, a Texas school district ordered 41 books to be removed from library shelves. Alisa Wiersema, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1809, in the meaning defined above