rule the school

Verb

 * 1) To substantially control a school administratively, financially, or in terms of its curriculum.
 * 2)  (of one or a group of students) To socially dominate a school's student population, or a major part of it (such as the girls or the boys).
 * 1)  (of one or a group of students) To socially dominate a school's student population, or a major part of it (such as the girls or the boys).

Usage notes

 * The idiomatic use particularly applies to students in the highest grade at a school. Thus in a grade 9 to 12 school, the grade 12 students could be said to rule the school, but a particular group of influential students such as several grade 12 basketball or football players could also be said to rule the school.