: old enough to go to school
school-age children

Examples of school-age in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Around the time of the Paper shoot, Prince, who became rich and famous appropriating other people’s images (Marlboro ads, pulp-novel covers, a skeevy nude portrait of an underage Brooke Shields), had been introduced to Instagram by one of his school-age children. Choire Sicha, Vulture, 24 May 2024 The bill allows a staff member in charge of an infant and toddler room to be at least 18 years old, rather than 21, and allows 16 and 17-year-olds to be counted in those staff ratios for school-age children, provided the teens are never alone with children. Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024 The houses on Ridgewood Road and Jacobo Lane do not have school-age children residing in them. Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2024 Before the Assembly vote on Tuesday, Connolly argued that the prevalence of the chemicals near classrooms is a source of anxiety for parents of school-age kids living in some of the state’s most rural counties where schoolyards and farms often border each other. Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024 On top of existing vaccine requirements for school-age children, the new rule mandates the vaccine against meningitis, a disease affecting the brain and spinal cord, for students entering seventh grade and a booster dose for eligible students entering 12th grade, according to DHS. Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024 For school-age children, delivering the treatment is relatively easy. Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 May 2024 In Kentucky, the share of school-age children in public schools decreased by almost 8 percentage points. Catherine Allen, NBC News, 21 Apr. 2024 Moultrie hopes that the book will help school-age children better understand autism and extend more kindness to neurodivergent classmates. Essence, 17 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school-age was in 1741

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“School-age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school-age. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.

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