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FROM🇺🇸 United StatesTO🇮🇹 Italy

United States school-leaving stage to Italy: education route

Compare school-leaving stage in United States with the corresponding school stage in Italy, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.

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Route alignment

United States describes this point as High school · Grades 9–12. Italy describes the receiving stage as Upper-secondary school · usually 5 years. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.

DEPARTING STAGEHigh school · Grades 9–12ARRIVING STAGEUpper-secondary school · usually 5 years

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What crosses with the learner

Route point🇺🇸 United States🇮🇹 Italy
Current stageHigh school · Grades 9–12Upper-secondary school · usually 5 years
Education authorityState and local education systems; there is no single national K–12 curriculum.The Ministry of Education and Merit sets the national school framework; regions also govern vocational pathways.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements

🧳 Preparation file

Bring these into the route

  1. Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
  2. School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
  3. Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
  4. Certified translations and language-learning history where requested

🔗 Official links

Open the issuing sources

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 ↗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 ↗
United States education systemSchool stages, qualifications and official sources →Italy education systemSchool stages, qualifications and official sources →United States Grade 4 / Year 4 to Italy: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →United States Grade 7 / Year 7 to Italy: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →United States Grade 11 / Year 11 to Italy: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →United States university-entry stage to Italy: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →Italy school-leaving stage to United States: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →

🔎 Also described as

moving from United States to Italy for school-leaving stageUnited States school-leaving stage in ItalyUnited States to Italy school transfer requirements