English edit

Etymology edit

mini- +‎ school

Noun edit

minischool (plural minischools)

  1. A school with a very small student population.
    • 2007 May 9, Samuel G. Freedman, “English Language Learners as Pawns in the School System’s Overhaul”, in New York Times[1]:
      There are 86 ELLs in the four minischools at the Columbus campus, but few if any have been receiving the required level of English-fluency classes because those minischools do not offer them.