elementary school

noun

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as in secondary school

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Recent Examples of elementary school Elementary School An elementary school could mark the second big move in two to three years for a child. — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 31 July 2026 Smith eventually received a master’s degree in education and taught music to elementary school students in New York City before retiring in the 2000s. — ABC News, 30 July 2026 Gray gave the weapon to his son, Colt Gray, even when a few months earlier law enforcement had come to their home because the teenager had threatened to shoot up an elementary school, according to prosecutors. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 30 July 2026 Plambeck played on local soccer teams during elementary school and at IMG Academy from U12 to U19. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for elementary school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementary school
  1. secondary school
  2. primary school
  3. high school
  4. public school
  5. junior high school
  6. grammar school
  7. middle school
  8. senior high school
Noun
  • In 2014, Boko Haram took almost three hundred girls from a secondary school in Chibok; the whereabouts of some ninety are still unknown.
    — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Part of the summer will be preparing George for what is ahead at secondary school, namely from William, who also attended Eton.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 29 July 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • Many schools don’t devote nearly enough time to letting kids play, which is one of the key ways primary school-age children learn.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • He was revisited by a vague feeling of physical ineptitude that’d haunted him since childhood; failing to throw the ball properly on sports day at primary school, his father watching.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of primary school
Noun
  • Hilliard served as the administrator of Colorado’s Nike Elite program from 2021 to 2025, managing funds from the sportswear giant’s program to provide high school athletes with mentorship and equipment.
    — Matt Moret, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Every year, the AJC chooses the 11 top graduating high school football players in the state.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Reading scores of New York City public school students plummeted this past school year, erasing improvements in the subject recorded a year before, sparking calls from the teachers’ union for a change in approach.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Some help from the state always was going to have to be part of the solution for the nation’s fourth-largest public school system.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • So the Sephora Performance Center might as well be a junior high school gym.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The two remaining students already were of junior high school age and were in the midst of attending middle school in neighboring districts as part of an agreement that McAuley leaders reached with District 33 in the late 1980s.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • Lowden and Smith were grammar school classmates and later served time together in Wethersfield.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Can states ban transgender kids from playing sports in grammar school, when boys and girls routinely play on the same teams?
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 30 June 2026
Definition of grammar school
Noun
  • Optimal size devices will differ, depending on the individual middle school student.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Kayleigh Smith, a middle school art teacher in North Providence, Rhode Island, brought her Scottish Straight cat, Pinecone, to class for the better part of the last school year.
    — Medara Udoekong, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of middle school
Noun
  • This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of senior high school

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