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boarding school

school where some or all students live on campus
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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 (8,796 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: school[3], dwelling[4], school building[5], educational institution[6]
  • Commons category: Boarding schools[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Boarding schools[8]
  • Different from: boarding[9], boarding house[10]
  • Has list: list of boarding schools[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]
  • P14541: 1Iz0Ov[13]

Why It Matters

boarding school has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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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 October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/boarding-school
MLA “boarding school.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/boarding-school.
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: 2026-10-14}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 4773
    Sitelink count → 54
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 4773, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7329938|boarding school (#7329938)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 5w ago · Putnik · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → internatine-mokykla
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: internatine-mokykla"
  3. 7w ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of our own tag → Boarding School
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Archive of our own tag: Boarding School"
  4. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → boarding-schools
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: boarding-schools, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910662|boarding schools (#289910662)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  5. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1Iz0Ov
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 18425, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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