About school names
Tier words sort these results instantly: "Spring Gardens Kindergarten", "Big Pine Elementary", and "Seal Gulch University" each declare their level at a glance. Patron names add civic earnestness, while geography names add small town texture. Build the whole school system for one town, since a story that visits one school usually mentions its rivals.
How school names are built
School names follow one template: an opener joined to an education tail. A 205-entry opener bank meets an 18-entry tail bank, so Central Valley joins School for Girls, Seal Gulch joins University, and White Mountain joins Technical School.
Central Valley School for Girls
Central Valley (opener bank) + School for Girls (tail bank)
White Mountain Technical School
White Mountain (opener bank) + Technical School (tail bank)
Hercules Kindergarten
Hercules (opener bank) + Kindergarten (tail bank)
Naming notes
The 18-entry tail (Kindergarten, Technical School, University, School for Girls) sets the apparent education level, while the 205-entry opener bank supplies a place name or other flourish. Because the tail bank is small, the institution type repeats often while the opener varies widely across a run.
Questions about school names
- What is the naming shape?
- An opener from the 205-entry bank joined to an education tail from the 18-entry bank, as in Central Valley School for Girls or Seal Gulch University.
- Does the tail set the tier?
- Yes. The tail (Kindergarten, Technical School, University, School for Girls) sets the education level, so one template spans every tier.
- How do I make a town's schools cohere?
- Give several institutions a shared opener from the 205-entry bank, then vary the tail so a Kindergarten, a Technical School and a University read as one place.