School signs · S5-2
End School Zone sign
Archive file: S05-02 End School Zone/S05-02 End School Zone 24x30.svg
FHWA public-use information
What it means
The designated school zone ends here.
Source: FHWA MUTCD — MUTCD 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 7B.02, paragraph 07, PDF page 1013.
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Meaning
At End School Zone, you have reached the boundary of the designated school zone. Oregon also identifies this sign as one way its reduced school speed zone ends. The federal manual distinguishes a school-zone endpoint from the more specific End School Speed Limit sign; the two can coincide, but they are not identical messages.
What to do
In Oregon, recognize the school speed zone’s endpoint at End School Zone or another posted speed sign. Keep checking for crossing children and guards. A sign describing the zone boundary does not tell you that every child has left the road or that a crossing guard’s instruction can be ignored.
Where it is used
The federal manual places this sign at the downstream end of the designated school zone. Where a reduced-speed zone ends at that same boundary, End School Zone may also serve in place of End School Speed Limit. Read the endpoint along your direction of travel, rather than judging the boundary by the school building alone.
A sign to tell apart
School Speed Limit When Flashing introduces the displayed reduced limit and its active periods. End School Zone identifies the zone’s end. The beginning assembly and the endpoint do different jobs, so the beacon condition and the boundary both matter when interpreting the school speed zone.
Practice with explanations
These are original learning questions based on the cited handbooks. Read each answer and its explanation below.
1. According to Oregon’s handbook, which signs can mark the end of the school speed zone?
- Only the school building’s driveway sign.
- End School Zone or another posted speed sign.
- Any pedestrian warning sign.
Answer: B. End School Zone or another posted speed sign.
Oregon defines the zone by the school speed signs and identifies these signed endpoints.
2. An Oregon school crossing guard signals you to stop for children. When should you move again?
- As soon as you see an End School Zone sign.
- While a child remains in the crosswalk if your lane looks clear.
- After the children have cleared the crosswalk.
Answer: C. After the children have cleared the crosswalk.
Obey the crossing guard and remain stopped while the children clear. A zone boundary is not a release from that instruction.
State source coverage
Handbook coverage and sample questions do not prove that a sign will appear on your exam. Even a published test scope cannot guarantee an individual exam question.
Oregon
Handbook coverage
Oregon’s driver manual explicitly discusses this sign. This establishes handbook coverage, without a promise about any individual exam.
State variations
State-specific variations have not been independently established for this study.
Verified question coverage
These free state-bank questions were independently verified. This does not establish complete state-bank readiness, app availability or what will appear on your permit exam.
No currently verified state-bank question is available for this sign.
The linked 20-question permit quizzes do not currently include this sign.
This meaning is a federal MUTCD reference. Check your state's handbook for its rules and sign coverage; this page does not establish what appears on a state permit exam.
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