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I am using the anki N5 and N4 vocabulary decks based on the 日本語総まとめ books
(edition is ask). As far as I know 学校 is always heiban but in that example:  
日本語の学校を見学します。  
in [the audio](https://youtu.be/UKLKkg7k0Nc?t=875) to me it sounds like they
prounounce it as  
にほんごの{LHHHH}がっこうを{HLLLL}けんがくします{LHHHHHL}。  
Am I hearing it wrong, or is there a rule, either specific to the word 学校 or
one that applies to a category of words that includes it that makes the word's
pitch accent change from heiban to atamadaka?
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pitch accent exception that changes from heiban to atamadaka (学校)
You are both hearing and reading it wrong.

It is not 日本語{にほんご} **の** 学校{がっこう}, it is 日本語{にほんご}学校{がっこう}.

The latter is a compound noun, which causes it to get a compound accent,
にほんごが＼っこう. This is how most (but not all) noun compounds behave.

If it was 日本語の学校 it would be just be the juxtaposition of the underlying
accents, にほんごの￣・がっこう￣
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