elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Younger children in prekindergarten and elementary school had the highest rates of both infection and illness on average.
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The Montclair parents found that most elementary school students can handle a distance of 3-5 miles, and the group travels at a speed of around 6 miles per hour so the younger kids can keep up.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, 17 kids have gone missing in the town, and from the same elementary school class.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
Zayden was reportedly found hours after school had ended on a bus near Gillett Intermediate School, which is over two miles away from his elementary school.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The Montclair parents found that most elementary school students can handle a distance of 3-5 miles, and the group travels at a speed of around 6 miles per hour so the younger kids can keep up.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, 17 kids have gone missing in the town, and from the same elementary school class.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
Zayden was reportedly found hours after school had ended on a bus near Gillett Intermediate School, which is over two miles away from his elementary school.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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