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boarding school

school where some or all students live on campus
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boarding school

Summary

boarding school is a type of educational institution[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type_of_educational_institution entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (985 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • boarding school's instance of is recorded as type of educational institution[3].
  • boarding school is a type of school[4].
  • boarding school is a type of dwelling[5].
  • boarding school is a type of school building[6].
  • boarding school is a type of educational institution[7].
  • boarding school's Commons category is recorded as Boarding schools[8].
  • boarding school's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boarding schools[9].
  • boarding school's different from is recorded as boarding[10].
  • boarding school's different from is recorded as boarding house[11].
  • boarding school's has list is recorded as list of boarding schools[12].
  • boarding school's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].

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Definition and Type

boarding school's instance of is recorded as type of educational institution[3]. Recorded subclass of include school[4], dwelling[5], school building[6], and educational institution[7].

Why It Matters

boarding school ranks in the top 5% of type_of_educational_institution entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (985 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). boarding school. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/boarding-school
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_boarding-school_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{boarding school}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/boarding-school}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → boarding, boarding house
    Subclass of → school, dwelling, school building +1
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18425, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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