That depends. US schools are run by local (not even state) governments, usually towns, and there is huge diversity in what a school might look like.
Public schools in big cities (NYC, Philly, etc.) basically are prisons with wire fences, metal detectors, cameras everywhere, etc. I’ve seen a school with no windows—it was designed this way so that there were no windows to break. But schools in e.g. rich suburbs are nice places, similar to college campuses.
That depends. US schools are run by local (not even state) governments, usually towns, and there is huge diversity in what a school might look like.
Public schools in big cities (NYC, Philly, etc.) basically are prisons with wire fences, metal detectors, cameras everywhere, etc. I’ve seen a school with no windows—it was designed this way so that there were no windows to break. But schools in e.g. rich suburbs are nice places, similar to college campuses.