History Main / WizardingSchool

* ''Transylvanian superstitions'' by Emily Gerard depicts the Scholomance, a school based in Transylvania and run by the devil, meant to be a school for users of BlackMagic. That depiction of the Scholomance shows up in the writings of British authors (and Creator/BramStoker, who was Irish) as well.

* ''Literature/WizardsHall'', published in 1991 by Jane Yolen is somewhat similar to ''Literature/HarryPotter'', to the point that Yolen has specifically said she ''doesn't'' think Creator/JKRowling ripped it off. The main character's name is Henry and he has a red-haired friend. However, the systems of magic aren't remotely similar and there are different naming conventions.

* ''Literature/DaybreakOnHyperion'' has the Königsfeld Academy of Magic, the most prestigious in the Kingdom of Weichsel, overlapping with MilitaryAcademy due to the Kingdom's strong military traditions for its nobility (all of whom can use magic).

* The 1953 short story "The Wall Around The World" by Theodore Cogswell is commonly accepted by the fantasy fiction community to be the progenitor of this trope in modern literature. It centers around a 13-year-old wizard studying at a school for wizards who tries to discover what lies beyond the wall which surrounds the known world. Many obvious parallels can be drawn between it and later, better-known examples of the sub-genre such as the Earthsea and Harry Potter novels.

* ''Manhwa/CielTheLastAutumnStory'' has two -- Royal Blue Union, for aristocrats and the upper class, and Lowood, for everyone else.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'', the [[OldSchoolBuilding old abandoned building]] on a mountain nearby Basara Academy campus (which appeared in ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), with permission from Principal UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga's orders, gets its interior magically renovated and becomes a school with a lecture hall-sized classroom that mainly teaches "hex education" taught all by his sister-in-law Kyogoku Maria, who teaches the students the art of witchery, such as brewing up [[MagicPotion potions]], researching {{Youkai}}, and using [[SummonMagic summoning magic]].

* In the ''Comicbook/TwoThousandAD'' strip ''Lowborn High'', Wychdusk Manor is the classic boarding school type, where the most elite of magical teenagers (defined by both position in one of the senior wizarding families, and magical skill demonstrated in tests) learn how to become the next generation of powerful archmages. Lowborn High School, on the other hand, is where the ''other'' magic kids go, and is the wizarding equivalent of TheGoodOldBritishComp. There is also mention of magic prep schools, which administer the aforementioned tests.

* ''Comicbook/{{PS238}}'' is about a SuperheroSchool, but there's a special class for people with magical powers, leading to this exchange:

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' briefly mentions Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, whose name is a ShoutOut to [[Franchise/XMen Professor Xavier's School]]. There's also a reference to "magic kindergarten," which if real is likely ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a school of magic for young unicorns.

* ''ComicBook/BlackMage'' is set in St. Ivory Academy, unique in that it used to a Ku Klux Klan base. The protagonist is the school's first black student. It turns out [[spoiler:they bring in a black student every ten years and use [[PoweredByAForsakenChild their soul to power]] the magic crystal that powers the school.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen Volume [=III=]'' has a LawyerFriendlyCameo of Hogwarts that now sits empty since ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' massacred the staff and students after realizing that he's the AntiChrist. It seems to be in AnotherDimension rather than on Earth.

*** The city of Waterdeep has multiple schools, the largest being the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors.

* The academy and surrounding area in ''VideoGame/{{Angelique}}''.

* Constant Magic Academy in ''Literature/DemonKingDaimao''.

!!!Games where a wizarding school appears:

* ''WebOriginal/AscensionAcademy'': Ascension Academy is a Magical Military Academy that aims to produce the finest Officers for the Cross-Allied Forces' Specialist Units. The Cadets of this Academy are trained in combat, survival skills, diplomacy and negotiation, and in the use of various magics. By the end of their four years of education and training, the Cadets should be capable of moving into the Specialist Units of the CAF, or to take on other roles within the Forces or within their home nations. While at Ascension Academy the Cadets learn how to utilize their own innate racial abilities and cast various forms of magic from the Nine Schools of Magic; Aburation, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy, Transmutation, and Universal.

* ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'' has a variant: the protagonist, Ms. Price, gets lessons in the mail from the "[[CorrespondenceCourse Correspondence College]] of Witchcraft." Also different is the fact that the college is [[NotSoPhonyPsychic supposed to be a scam]], as its founder is a con artist who just copies things from an old book he found.

* The Schola Sorceriae from ''Literature/TheCircleOfMagic'' series by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald. Predates that other "Circle of Magic" series by 7 years.

* Wizarding schools exist in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' universe. Gargamel failed it, for his mother's disappointment. In another episode, "The Littlest Witch", an all-female witch school is shown.

* in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', much of the action revolves around the three schools in Magix, including Alfea College for Fairies and Cloudtower School for Witches, all-girl magical schools.
** The third, Redfountain School for Specialists, is (depending on the translation and season) called a school for 'heroes', 'wizards', and 'magicians'. However, no Redfountain student seems to have magical powers, and when an actual wizard character is introduced, the Specialists are not referenced to be wizards as well. Redfountain appears to be a school for 'BadassNormal's.