✈️ Academic route
FROM🇮🇹 Italy→TO🇺🇸 United States
Italy school-leaving stage to United States: education route
Compare school-leaving stage in Italy with the corresponding school stage in United States, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
Italy describes this point as Scuola secondaria di secondo grado · usually 5 years. United States describes the receiving stage as High school · Grades 9–12. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.
DEPARTING STAGEScuola secondaria di secondo grado · usually 5 years✈ARRIVING STAGEHigh school · Grades 9–12
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇮🇹 Italy🇺🇸 United States
Current stageScuola secondaria di secondo grado · usually 5 yearsHigh school · Grades 9–12
Education authorityThe Ministry of Education and Merit sets the national school framework; regions also govern vocational pathways.State and local education systems; there is no single national K–12 curriculum.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements
🧳 Preparation file
Bring these into the route
- Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
- School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
- Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
- Certified translations and language-learning history where requested
🔗 Official links
Open the issuing sources
Italian primary and secondary education systemItalian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ↗Access to higher education and the Italian school-leaving diplomaCIMEA · Italian ENIC-NARIC centre ↗State and territory education authoritiesU.S. Department of Education ↗SAT student informationCollege Board ↗AP courses and examinationsCollege Board ↗GED passing scores and performance levelsGED Testing Service ↗GED test rules by state or territoryGED Testing Service ↗
🔎 Also described as
moving from Italy to United States for school-leaving stageItaly school-leaving stage in United StatesItaly to United States school transfer requirements