I'm not really sure you could call my school anything normal, so it might not be a good comparison.

[ It was a magical school, after all, and Hermione settles herself down and makes herself a little more comfortable. ]

Students go there from ages eleven to seventeen and study how to use their magic, different spells, techniques and areas of study. There were classes like Herbology and Potions that used planets to create other magical things and then things like Transfiguration and Charms that was the practical use of spells and your wand to make things happen.