Does high school count as a full time student?

[SherekaB · Accepted solution]

Yes, if you attended high school or college full time for five months or more of 2015, you would be considered a student for tax purposes.

Student defined.   To qualify as a student, your child must be, during some part of each of any 5 calendar months of the year:

1. A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, or

2. A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.

The 5 calendar months do not have to be consecutive.

More information: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch03.html

[Hal_Al]

Yes. A H.S. student is a full time student for the purposes of claiming him as a dependent.