While real schools and universities are often prominently featured in works of fiction, this is a list of schools and universities which are entirely fictional, even though some of them are modeled after real world institutions.

Relying on a fictional setting allows the authors to exaggerate certain aspects of school life for humorous or dramatic effect. In tales targeted at children and teens, the actual learning and teaching experience is usually downplayed to focus on social interaction, often taking place outside the classroom. Some fictional schools and universities teach subjects which are not ordinarily taught, such as witchcraft, circus arts, or even sexual behavior.

Public schools

Elementary

• Bash Street School - The Bash Street Kids
• Carbuncle School - The Adventures of Willy Beamish video game
• Cypress Creek Elementary School - The Simpsons
• Dimmsdale Elementary - The Fairly OddParents
• Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children - The Simpsons
• Huber Elementary - Dexter's Laboratory
• Lakewood Elementary - Arthur
• Lindbergh Elementary - Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• Lucky Elementary - As Told By Ginger
• Pokey Oaks Kindergarten - Powerpuff Girls
• PS 118 (and nearby PS 119) - Hey Arnold!
• Ranting Lane School - Jiggy McCue series
• Rudolph Elementary - Family Ties
• Springfield Elementary School - The Simpsons
• Springfield Magnet School for the Gifted and Troublesome - The Simpsons
• Third Street School - Recess
• Walkerville Elementary - Magic School Bus series
• Wayside School - series by Louis Sachar
• West Springfield Elementary School - The Simpsons
• Woodrow Wilson Elementary School - The Best School Year Ever

Middle and junior high

• Bahia Bay Middle School - The Weekenders
• Beebe Bluff Middle School - Doug
• Buddy Cianci Junior High - Family Guy
• Degrassi Junior High
• Hillridge Junior High - Lizzie McGuire
• JFK Junior High School - Good Morning Miss Bliss , the precursor to Saved by the Bell
• Jim Jr. Junior High - Rugrats, "All Growed Up", and possibly All Grown Up!
• Lucky Junior High - As Told By Ginger
• Middleton Junior High - Kim Possible
• Polyneux (Pronounced: poly-new) Middle School - Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?
• Tom Landry Middle School - King of The Hill
• Western View Junior High - Violet Parr's school in The Incredibles
• X Middle School - Fillmore

High schools

• Aaron Burr High School - Batman (TV series)
• Arcadia High School - Joan of Arcadia (TV series)
• Arlen High School - King of The Hill
• Avalanche Arts Academy - As Told By Ginger, "Foutleys on Ice" episode
• Bayside High School - Saved by the Bell (There are several real schools with this name.)
• Booker T. Washington High School - The Steve Harvey Show
• Capeside High School - Dawson's Creek
• Central High School - Archie Comics
• Coal Hill School - Doctor Who
• Degrassi High
• Erinsborough High School - Neighbours
• Furinkan High School - Ranma ½
• Gorin High - Rival Schools video game
• Grange Hill
• Harding High School - Family Ties (There are of course, many Harding High Schools, but none in Columbus, OH as this one was said to be.)
• Hickory High School - Hoosiers (There are Hickory High Schools in various places in the United States, but none in rural Indiana, the setting of this movie.)
• Hill Valley High School - Back to the Future
• James Buchanan High School - Welcome Back, Kotter
• James Woods Regional High School - Family Guy
• Jefferson High School - Happy Days
• Lakewood High School - 10 Things I Hate About You (There are real schools elsewhere with this name.)
• Lawndale High School - Daria
• Liberty High School - My So-Called Life
• Lucky High School - As Told By Ginger
• Marion Barry High School - High School High
• Martin Luther Thing, Jr. High School - sewer mutant school, Futurama
• Midtown High School - Spider-Man's high school, located in The Bronx
• Monroe High School - Head of the Class
• Performing Arts High School - Fame (movie) and Fame (television)
• Rancho Carne High School - Bring It On
• River City High - River City Ransom video game
• Riverdale High School - Archie Comics
• St. Genevieve High School - Family Guy
• Santo Domingo High School - Parker Lewis Can't Lose (There is a Santo Domingo High School in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
• Shermer High School - The Breakfast Club
• Springfield High School - The Simpsons (There are numerous Springfield High Schools throughout the United States, but the Springfield of The Simpsons is totally fictional.)
• Sunnydale High School - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Sweet Valley High School - series by Francine Pascal
• Taft and Adams High School - Screwballs
• Taiyo High - Rival Schools video game
• Tamagawa Minami High - Rival Schools video game
• Toryo High School - Marmalade Boy
• Weatherfield Comprehensive - Coronation Street
• Weequahic High - Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
• West Beverly High School - Beverly Hills 90210
• Westdale High School - The Brady Bunch
• Westerberg High School - Heathers
• Winslow High School - Boston Public
• Woodrow Roosevelt High School - Batman (TV series)

Parochial schools

• St. Cake's - Private Eye
• St Trinians School
• Springfield Christian School - The Simpsons

Private and boarding schools

• Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild school - Discworld
• O Ateneu - from the so-named Raul Pompeia 's book
• Ayn Rand School for Tots - The Simpsons television show
• Bel-Air Academy - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air television show
• Chalet School - series by Elinor Brent-Dyer
• Chilton Academy - Gilmore Girls television show
• CLAMP School - from various series by CLAMP
• Dorset Academy - A Good School by Richard Yates
• Dotheboys Hall - Nicholas Nickleby novel
• Eastland Academy - The Facts of Life television show
• Eriol Academy - Angelic Layer television show
• Greyfriars School - Billy Bunter series
• Greytowers Boarding School - Winker Watson comic
• Harbor School - The O.C. television show
• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - Harry Potter series (There are two other fictional schools in Harry Potter series (Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute), but neither are really explored.)
• Holy Forest Academy - Great Teacher Onizuka
• Io House - Red Dwarf television show
• Kadic College - Code Lyoko television show
• Kingscote School for Girls - Antonia Forest's Marlow family books
• Kotobuki Preparatory School - Season of the Sakura video game
• Lilian Girls' School - Maria-sama ga Miteru
• Linbury Court Preparatory School - Jennings series
• Malory Towers - series by Enid Blyton
• Macdonald Hall - series by Gordon Korman
• Massachusetts Academy - Generation X
• Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches - The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy
• Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow - That '70s Show television show
• Point Blanc Academy, France - Alex Rider series
• Prufrock Preparatory School - A Series of Unfortunate Events (Book the Sixth, The Austere Academy)
• Quirm College for Young Ladies - Discworld
• St. Clare's - series by Enid Blyton
• St. Custard's - Molesworth books by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle
• St. Hebereke Girls' Academy - Ranma ½ television show
• St Jennifer's School for Girls - Winker Watson comic
• Saint Bartleby's School for Young Gentleman - Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
• Saint Sebastian's School for Wicked Girls - The Simpsons television show
• Springfield Preparatory School - The Simpsons television show
• Trinity Hall Girls School - Winker Watson comic
• Warren Greeley Preparatory School - The School of Rock movie
• Welton Academy - Dead Poets Society movie
• Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters - X-Men (known as the "X-Men Academy")

Colleges and universities

• Academy of Computer Sciences - Max Headroom
• Acme Looniversity - Tiny Toon Adventures
• Adams College - Revenge of the Nerds movies
• All Systems University - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
• Bancroft College - Bright Promise
• Barnett College - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Boston Bay College - Dawson's Creek
• California University - Beverly Hills 90210, Saved by the Bell: The College Years
• University of California - Sunnydale - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Camden College The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis; "Fortress of Solitude" by Jonathan Lethem
• Camford University - Flatland by Edwin Abbott
• Christminster University and Bibliol College - Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy; Christminster by Gareth Rees
• Coney Island Community College - Futurama
• Crazy Go Nuts University - Homestar Runner
• University of Edgestow - That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis
• Empire State University - Spider-Man's alma mater
• Faber College - Animal House [1]
• Globetrotter University, Globetrotter homeworld - Futurama
• Gotham University - Batman comics and animation
• University of Gloucester - Thinks ... by David Lodge
• Grant College - Family Ties
• Grant University - Mazes and Monsters
• Harrod College - The Harrod Experiment by Robert Rimmer
• Hillman College - The Cosby Show, A Different World
• Hudson University - Law & Order, New Titans
• Ivytown University - The Atom
• Jupiter State - Futurama
• Langley College - The Facts of Life
• Leland College - Family Ties (note: there was once a Leland College in Baker, Louisiana)
• University of Los Angeles - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Lowlands University - A Very Peculiar Practice
• Mars University - Futurama
• Midston University - Danny Dunn series of books
• Minnesota State University - Coach
  • Two schools in the real Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System adopted the "Minnesota State" name after the run of Coach ended.
• Miskatonic University - Various works by H. P. Lovecraft and others
• University of New York - Felicity
• University of North Alaska - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• University of Okoboji
• Orange County University - Orange County (movie)
• Pacific Institute of Technology - Real Genius
• Pendelton University - Urban Legend
• Port Chester University - PCU
• Randolph Harrington College - Boston Common
• Ridgemont College - Please Don't Eat The Daisies , Who's The Boss?
• University of Rummidge - various works of David Lodge
• Santa Monica College - The Parkers
• Saraswati Humanocentric Educlave and Research Institute - Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone from DC Comics
• University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople - various P. D. Q. Bach albums by Peter Schickele
• Springfield A & M - The Simpsons
• Springfield Community College - The Simpsons
• Springfield Heights Institute of Technology - The Simpsons
• Springfield University - The Simpsons
• Suffix University - Perfectly Correct by Phillipa Gregory
• Swigmore University - The Simpsons
• Tekerson Tech - Undergrads
• Unseen University - Discworld series
• University of Quahog - Family Guy
• University of Watermouth - The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury
• University of Winnemac - Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
• Worthington University - Dawson's Creek
• Wossamotta University - Rocky & Bullwinkle
• Xavier Institute for Higher Learning - X-Men

See also:

• List of fictional Cambridge colleges
• List of fictional Oxford colleges

Military academies

• Balamb Garden - Final Fantasy VIII video game
• Battle School - Ender's Game space station for training kids
• Command School - Ender's Game - built into an asteroid
• Galbadia Garden - Final Fantasy VIII video game
• Imperial Academy - Star Wars
• Saganami Naval Academy - Honor Harrington series by David Weber
• Starfleet Academy - Star Trek
• Trabia Garden - Final Fantasy VIII video game

Professional schools

• Ankh Morpork Guild Schools (except the Assassins' Guild) - Discworld
• Handsome Boy Modeling School - Get A Life (Also the name of a Dan "the Automator" Nakamura project.)
• Krusty's Clown College - The Simpsons
• Springfield Barber College - The Simpsons

Other

• Dame Venting's School - Discworld
• Emelius Browne's Correspondence College of Witchcraft - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• Frout Academy of Learning Through Play - Discworld
• Great House of Roke Isle - Earthsea series
• Lowood - Jane Eyre
• Mrs. Puff's Boating School - SpongeBob SquarePants
• Pokémon Technical - Pokémon anime
• Pokémon Trainer's School - Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire video games
• Quahog School of Performing Arts - Family Guy
• Seki Cram School - Chobits
• Spiteful Sisters of Seven-Handed Sek Charity School - Discworld
• Derek Zoolander's Center For Kids Who Want To Learn To Read Good and Do Other Stuff Good Too - Zoolander

See also

• School and university in literature
• Archive of fictional things
• List of fictional Cambridge colleges
• List of fictional Oxford colleges
• List of fictional buildings
• List of fictional institutions
• List of fictional locations

External link

• TV Acres: Schools - large index of schools from television