Topic: public school Public school may refer to: State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging independent schools in England and Wales Great Public Schools, independent non-government fee-charging (mainly boys') elite schools in New South Wales, Australia originally established on the basis of Christian denominations Public Schools Association, a group of seven independent boys' schools in Perth, Western Australia Associated Public Schools of Victoria, a group of eleven elite schools in Victoria, Australia Public school (India), a group of historically elite fee-charging privately owned and managed schools in India See also Public university, in many countries the designation for any university operated by the government as opposed to a privately owned organizationIndependent school Private university