http://hukugyobaka.com/singakkotoha-8585.html
https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/進学校
https://www.school-data.com/examinfo/exam_info02_03_02.php
https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/私の両親は私の進学校を好きに選ばせてくれた。
meikyo: 「しんがっこう」とも

I think our glosses were a bit off.
Looks like three senses to me. Sense 1 developed out of sense 2. Difficult to find examples of sense 3.

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+<r_ele>
+<reb>しんがっこう</reb>
+</r_ele>
@@ -12,2 +15,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1366010">進学</xref>
-<gloss>school centred on preparing students to get into university</gloss>
+<gloss>school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities</gloss>
+<gloss>school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities</gloss>
@@ -17,2 +20,5 @@
-<s_inf>original meaning</s_inf>
-<gloss>high-level school a person has entered</gloss>
+<gloss>school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>school one advances to (e.g. a high school after graduating middle school)</gloss>

Daijs: 多数の卒業生が難度の高い大学に入学している高等学校。
GG5: a high school oriented toward preparation for university entrance examinations.
中辞典: an academic-track school

I don't think they are actually that different and I think the JEs confirm we are on the right track.
Kanji Haitani added the second sense in 2007, noting: "Though the term is now predominantly used in Sense 1, the original meaning is Sense 2."

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+<s_inf>original meaning</s_inf>

Daijisen

I just wanted to point out that Daijisen defines this quite differently:
school whose graduates often go to a top-class university (or 高等学校)

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