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* ''Literature/AriaTheScarletAmmo'' has Butei High, where the students are trained to be armed detectives. Naturally, this occurs.
* {{Deconstructed}} in ''LightNovel/TheAsteriskWar'', which goes into detail on the kind of CrapsackWorld that would deliberately turn super-powered school children into the prize-fighters of annual {{Tournament Arc}}s.

* Raira Academy in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' had a reputation for this thanks to the antics of [[HairTriggerTemper Shizuo]] [[SuperStrength Heiwajima]] and [[ManipulativeBastard Izaya]] [[TheChessmaster Orihara]] -- Shinra can list off half a dozen {{Noodle Incident}}s at any given time. It was bad enough that, after their graduation, Raira had to merge with another school and rebuild their image from scratch. They succeeded...up until an ex-gang leader, the host of a HiveMind-controlling EvilWeapon, the head of the Dollars, the [[StalkerWithACrush stalker to end all stalkers]], and some kid [[ALoveToDismember in love with a severed head]] all end up enrolling in the same year. The real irony is that the school is actually ''less'' chaotic than it was six years back.
-->'''Teacher:''' But really... compared to the times when we had to teach Izaya-kun and Shizuo-kun, this school is way more peaceful nowadays. Back then we used to have filled gasoline drums rolling down the third floor of the school building...

* Kuoh Academy in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'' attracts all sorts of strange students, starting with two packs of devils and eventually including an angel, a fallen angel, and a Valkyrie, among others. It turns out that as well as being a legitimate place of education for humans, devils use it as a front to give themselves [[SafetyInMuggles a safe haven]] during daylight hours and a base of operations at night.

* ''LightNovel/LevelOneStrongestSage'' features mage academy. Since the goal is teaching the students practical combat magic, tactics, and strategies, the classroom has monster hunting competitions, monthly inter-class duels, and field-trips to foreign countries through routes where guarding against monsters and bandits is routine.

* Louis Sachar's Literature/WaysideSchool.

* ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo'' has Butei High, where the students are trained to be armed detectives. Naturally, this occurs.

* Ariadnio in ''Literature/GreekNinja''.

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* In ''[[Literature/RachelGriffin The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin]]'', Roanoke Academy for Sorcerous Arts. Day three has the heroine musing that she's made friends, gone flying, discovered a world-spanning conspiracy, prevented a murder, and already been to the infirmary twice (once for ending on the wrong side of a BalefulPolymorph spell, once to rescue a classmate being drained by an wraith), and [[TemptingFate "hoping"]] the rest of the year won't be so eventful.

* Horror film ''Film/FiveGirls'' takes place entirely inside St. Mark's: a [[CatholicSchoolgirlsRule Catholic]] BoardingSchoolOfFear [[OneGenderSchool for girls]].

* ''Roleplay/MSFHighForum'': Exaggerated. Uncommon and rare occurrences are actually common, with common occurrences being a piece of rarity. Not so much in the [[CityOfAdventure city]] surrounding it, but still.

* ''[[Series/BlackHoleHigh Strange Times At Blake Holsey High]]'' is set in one of these. An experiment GoneHorriblyWrong at the quantum physics facility next door makes the school a nexus for strange events.

* The Defender academy in ''TabletopGame/AgeOfAquarius''. The final exams are field missions that combine combat against actual foes and magic use. [[{{Expy}} No, it does not fly]].

* Hamilton Hill High School is this in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' is perhaps an unintended example (in-universe, of course). Aside from Terry "Batman" [=McGinnis=] and Max "RecklessSidekick" Gibson, this school has a [[{{Expy}} Flash Thompson-esque]] JerkJock, a LovableAlphaBitch who seems to attract trouble, a student who dated a sexy psycho robot, a student whose step-father had a short career as a villain, a student whose thought-to-have-been-dead birth father tried to kill her adopted father, an avid gamer who almost helps a villain kill someone, no less than four students who are villains, a coach who attacked Batman in an attempt to protect his [[SuperSerum Venom]]-using students, ''and'' a guidance counselor who moonlit as a super villain until he turned to supervillainy full time when he was fired from his job at the school.

* Reefside High in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''. A natural consequence of having TheDragon for a principal and a five-time Ranger/"[[FanNickname Jeebus]]" for a science teacher. And the second guy's substitute teacher was the good half of the BigBad himself.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', the various Jedi and Sith academies all have shades of this. It is especially notable in the Jedi Academy trilogy in which a Sith Lord appears.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Brentwood Academy. Lampshaded by Tim himself when he comments on the weirdness of the school.

* ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'': The main setting for the first arc of the series, Ishiyama High, is famous for housing the city's worst delinquents, with a delinquency rate of [[UpToEleven 120%]]. There are always fights, no one seems to ever attend actual class, and the entire building is smashed up and covered in graffiti. And this was ''before'' Oga "adopted" Baby Beel.
* ''Manga/BlueExorcist'''s True Cross Academy is this, due to being also a base for the Knights of the True Cross aka [[DemonSlaying Exorcists]] and where the Japan Branch's cram school/training academy for budding exorcists is. Also, the Headmaster is a demon [[spoiler: more specifically one of the Demon Kings and second eldest Satanic son]] and our main (and titular) character is the [[HeroicBastard bastard]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Son]] of {{Satan}}, aka the resident living WeirdnessMagnet that amps up the weird to UpToEleven.

* Exaggerated ([[RuleOfCool like]] [[RuleOfFunny everything]] [[UpToEleven else]]) in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' with Honnouji Academy. Students wear uniforms that turn them into superpowered soldiers, club presidents (from boxing to tennis) have their talents amplified dramatically and weaponized, the committee chairs can turn their uniforms into PoweredArmor and [[TankGoodness tanks]], the student council president is an EvilOverlord, battles resulting in explosions that [[BlownAcrossTheRoom send hundreds of people flying]] happen daily, and that's just the beginning of it, even weirder since the villains run the academy, yet the protagonist is studying at it anyway.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'''s Midtown High is where Spider-man and four other hero's attend high school, the school is constantly attacked by dozens of super villains and protected by SHIELD's security system, and its principal is an undercover SHIELD agent.

* On ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', the school on Melemele Island gets pretty interesting. It helps that [[CoolTeacher Professor Kukui]] is adventurous and wants his students to have plenty of first-hand experience with all aspects of Pokémon.

* ''Series/{{Community}}'': Greendale Community College has all of the madcap, wacky adventures you could ever hope to find at ''any'' college.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire''. This is the natural consequence of creating a school to teach monsters with poor self control how to maintain the {{Masquerade}}. Especially when you trick a [[{{Muggle}} human]] into going there.

** Garderobe Academy in ''Anime/MaiOtome'', a training ground for {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s where potential Otome candidates are expected to show poise, grace, and fighting prowess almost in equal measures.

** Stanhope Elementary in ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade''. Environmental hazzards include: a [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} superhero]] who is the universe's biggest WeirdnessMagnet; a student who happens to be a xenophobic MadScientist training to be a super-villain; an AlphaBitch who ''is'' a super-villain; jerkass students who somehow become even bigger jerks every time they occasionally win super-powers; superpowered animals; tyrannical and uncaring teachers who are really trickster dimensional gods in disguise; and a sadistic, morale-undermining Principal who is an evil, dimensional god in disguise.

* The un-named boarding school in ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'', at least if you live in Anubis House.

* Reefside High in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''. A natural consequence of having TheDragon for a principal and a five-time Ranger / "[[FanNickname Jeebus]]" for a science teacher. And the second guy's substitute teacher was the good half of the BigBad himself.

* Every ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' game has one so far. ''[[VideoGame/{{Persona1}} Megami Ibunroku: Persona]]'' has Saint Hermelin High, ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'' has Seven Sisters High and Kasugayama High, ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' has Gekkoukan High, ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has Yasogami High, and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' has Shujin High.

* Hamilton Hill High School is this in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''is perhaps an unintended example (in-universe, of course). Aside from Terry "Batman" [=McGinnis=] and Max "RecklessSidekick" Gibson, this school has a [[{{Expy}} Flash Thompson-esque]] JerkJock, a LovableAlphaBitch who seems to attract trouble, a student who dated a sexy psycho robot, a student whose step-father had a short career as a villain, a student whose thought-to-have-been-dead birth father tried to kill her adopted father, an avid gamer who almost helps a villain kill someone, no less than four students who are villains, a coach who attacked Batman in an attempt to protect his [[SuperSerum Venom]]-using students, ''and'' a guidance counselor who moonlit as a super villain until he turned to supervillainy full time when he was fired from his job at the school.

* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' with the Kadic College: [[BigBad XANA]] targets almost exclusively said college because the Lyoko-Warriors usually are here. Ironically, none of the events that happen remain in the memory because the Lyoko-Warriors possess their own personnal ResetButton.

* Famous Website/YouTube contributor Creator/FreddieWong directs the Website/YouTube series ''WebVideo/VideoGameHighSchool'', in which becoming a professional video game layer is a legitimate and lucrative career, and graduates from VGHS are assured a successful future. Students don't study physics, but physics engines; they don't play varsity football, but varsity FPS. If your class rank drops below zero, then you're expelled. NaiveNewcomer Brian. D gets lucky and earns admittance into the school by winning against VGHS's stop student, ArrogantKungFuGuy, The Law.