A fee-paying school of a kind established for the education of the children of the middle classes, as opposed to elementary schools, such as were provided by the state, and the major public schools.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in British Magazine & Monthly Register.
Definition of middle-class school in US English:
middle-class school
noun
historical
A fee-paying school of a kind established for the education of the children of the middle classes, as opposed to elementary schools, such as were provided by the state, and the major public schools.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in British Magazine & Monthly Register.