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[[File:TS3-School.jpg|left]]Children and teens go to school at either '''Community School for the Gifted''' in [[Sunset Valley]], '''Truelong Community School''' in [[Riverview]], '''Stary Community School''' in [[Twinbrook]], '''Public School 67''' in [[Bridgeport]], '''Crestview School and Stadium''' in [[Appaloosa Plains]], '''Everglow Academy and Coliseum '''in [[Moonlight Falls]], '''Gooder Public School''' in [[Starlight Shores]], or '''Par Excellence Preparatory School''' from ''[[The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff]]''. It is also the place where adult Sims can attend [[Painting]] class, get an [[Education]] career track{{Vgversion|TS3:A}} or enroll in [[Sims University|university]].{{Vgversion|TS3:UL}}

Sims can now receive detentions at school. If they are caught sleeping in class, copying homework (tasks the player can assign kids while they're at school) or busted when pranking the school (outside school hours), they will be kept behind after school for a few hours, which can interfere with any part-time job. The Sims are less likely to receive a detention if their grades are higher than a "B". While staying back late, the student can choose their tone but they will not see any improvement in grades or performance; however, if a Sims mood is low, their grade might decrease. When detention is over, the school bus will not bring Sims home.

Children may still bring home friends after school. They can also be invited over to another student's house to play. Students who go to each other's houses will live within a reasonable distance from each other. The closer the other student, the more likely the invitation is. Children also bring home [[homework]] every school day; failure to complete homework will result in them being penalized, and they may receive a detention.

Both teens and children can work hard, meet friends and do other interactions. If a child or teen does not have a high performance at school then the player will not be able to choose what their next trait is when they [[birthday|grow up]]. For the Sim to have good grades, they need to be at school on time every day, otherwise they will get bad grades and will not age up well.

Children attend Elementary School from 9:00am to 3:00pm, while teenagers attend High School from 9:00am to 2:00pm, the earlier finishing time exists to benefit teens who have part-time jobs, but if they don't have employment to go to after school; it provides a good opportunity to get their homework done and out of the way instead. The Elementary and High School share the same building. Unlike preceding ''The Sims'' series, children are not taken away from their families for getting an F.

If the school has been deleted then children and teens will stop going to school. This is the only way to not go to school, and is only possible in Windows and Mac OS X as consoles do not have the ability. Also, if the player is controlling one ghost teen or child, they might not be signed up for a school. However, if the school is deleted then children and teens appear to be forced age up badly because they haven't been to school, but if an adult with a high enough [[logic]] skill tutors them, their grade can go up, and allow them to age up well without having to go to school.

In ''[[The Sims 3: Generations]]'', children and teens can be sent to a [[Boarding School|boarding school]] and take a [[Afterschool class|class after school]].