middle school

noun

: a school usually including grades five to eight or six to eight
middle schooler noun

Examples of middle school in a Sentence

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Niche ranks it as the 53rd-best middle school in the Kansas City area. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025 The idea to expand to the middle school grades come about during a parent meeting. Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025 The school also expanded its footprint to include a second campus for its middle school. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025 Mac, as his middle school music teacher was affectionately known, would wrangle tickets to the opera, and the symphony, and the art museum, and the Broadway musical, for young Efrain Solis and his classmates. Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for middle school

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of middle school was in 1870

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20school. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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middle school

noun
: a school usually including grades 5 to 8 or 6 to 8

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