elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Students at a Modesto elementary school were relocated to a junior high school on Thursday as police investigate a deadly assault that happened near the campus.
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Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 May 2026
This shooting followed an earlier Wednesday shooting in Coppin Heights, which also took place near an elementary school.
—Bridget Byrne, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2026
The location is about half a mile from an elementary school and middle school, and also near residential neighborhoods, and residents have expressed concerns the guests could bring crime to the area and decrease property values.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
There was a potential of fire or flash fire over many city blocks, and there were businesses, dozens of homes and an elementary school in a potential damage blast zone.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
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Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 May 2026
This shooting followed an earlier Wednesday shooting in Coppin Heights, which also took place near an elementary school.
—Bridget Byrne, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2026
The location is about half a mile from an elementary school and middle school, and also near residential neighborhoods, and residents have expressed concerns the guests could bring crime to the area and decrease property values.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
There was a potential of fire or flash fire over many city blocks, and there were businesses, dozens of homes and an elementary school in a potential damage blast zone.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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