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{{trope|wppage=Escalator school}}
Normally in Japan, elementary school, junior high, and high school are separate institutions, and require prospective students to pass rigid entrance examinations at each transition, as well as when applying to college. Elevator schools, however, allow students to move to the next educational level (junior high, high-school, college) without having to take the standard entrance exams. (In particular, they allow students to bypass the notoriously hellish high-school entrance examinations.) Ironically, elevator schools often themselves require students to pass an examination to gain admission.
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* The CLAMP School, the main setting of ''[[CLAMP School Detectives]]'' and making a cameo in ''[[X 1999]]'', includes all grades from kindergarten through college.
** As does Horitsuba Gakuen, the school in the [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle|Tsubasa]]/[[×××HOLiC]] [[Omake]] and CD dramas.
* Mugen Gakuen (Infinity Academy) and T.A. Girls' School in ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. The former acts as a cover for the
** T*A Girls' School is based on the [[Real Life]] escalator school [[wikipedia:Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin|Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin]], although the real-world school is Methodist rather than Catholic.
* Mahora Academy in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is an elevator school (starting from ''preschool''), but a condition of Negi's continuing employment (and thus receiving his magic license) is that he must get the class exam averages up—specifically those of the five worst students, the self-proclaimed "[[Baka]] Rangers".
* Ouran Academy in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''.
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