A school is an institution designed to allow and encourage students (or "pupils") to learn, under the supervision of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education.

TuxCraft's low relief school house (or some people have said it looks like a pub with the menu board outside) helps create that extra bit of realism to any garden railway.