Template:Infobox school

Template documentation

This template summarizes primary, secondary, vocational, specialist, and comparable schools. Degree-granting universities should generally use {{Infobox university}}.

To use this template, insert the following code at the beginning of a school article:

{{Infobox school
| name             =
| native_name      =
| native_name_lang =
| logo             =
| logo_size        =
| image_alt        =
| caption          =
| motto            =
| type             =
| established      =
| founder          =
| authority        =
| head_title       =
| head             =
| address          =
| location         =
| enrollment       =
| grades           =
| languages        =
| staff            =
| affiliations     =
| colors           =
| mascot           =
| website          =
| footnotes        =
| nocat            =
}}

Parameters

Each parameter is optional. Blank parameters are not displayed.

• name: Official or commonly used school name. Defaults to the page title.
• native_name: Name in another language or writing system.
• native_name_lang: Language code for the native name.
• logo: Logo, seal, or representative image filename without brackets.
• logo_size: Optional image size override.
• image_alt: Concise alternative text for the image.
• caption: Image caption.
• motto: Official motto.
• type: School type, educational level, or governance model.
• established: Date established.
• founder: Founder or founders.
• authority: Governing education authority, school system, or parent institution.
• head_title: Local title of the institutional head.
• head: Name of the institutional head.
• address: Street or campus address.
• location: Settlement and jurisdiction.
• enrollment: Student enrollment, with date when available.
• grades: Grade levels or age range served.
• languages: Principal languages of instruction.
• staff: Number of staff, with date when available.
• affiliations: Institutional, religious, or educational affiliations.
• colors: Official school colors.
• mascot: School mascot.
• website: Official website.
• footnotes: References or explanatory notes.
• nocat: Set to yes to suppress automatic categorization.

Compatibility

The template accepts image for logo; image_size for logo_size; logo_alt for image_alt; logo_caption for caption; school_type for type; founded for established; parent for authority; principal or director for head; students for enrollment; language for languages; affiliation for affiliations; and colours for colors. The city, region/state/province, and country fields remain available for imported university-style data.

Categorization

Articles using the template are added to Category:Schools. Categorization occurs only in the main namespace and may be suppressed with |nocat=yes.

Example

The following non-canonical example uses the preferred parameters:

Central Academy

Motto	Knowledge in service
Type	Public secondary school
Established	1678 AN
Founder	Mara Example
Governing authority	Civic Education Directorate
Principal	Alex Example
Location	Sample City, Sample jurisdiction
Enrollment	840 (1730 AN)
Grades	7–12
Languages	Common language
Staff	72 (1730 AN)
Colors	Blue and silver
Mascot	Heron

Compatibility tests

This test uses university-style and regional aliases:

Legacy Parameter School

Type	Vocational school
Established	1681 AN
Governing authority	Technical Education Board
Head	Mara Example
City	Sample City
Region	Sample Province
Country	Sample jurisdiction
Enrollment	320
Languages	Common language
Colors	Green and white