elementary school

noun

: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten

Examples of elementary school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their year-old destination, housed inside a 19th Century elementary school, has already hosted Sylvan Esso, Mike D, Death Cab for Cutie and Jenny Lewis side hustle Nice as Fuck. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026

Say your child attended elementary school in Los Angeles before your family relocated to Texas. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

In January 2026, a driverless Waymo struck a nine-year-old pedestrian near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2026

Its renovation and return to an elementary school was part of the district’s Unite U-46 initiative to update buildings to better accommodate changing enrollment and modernize facilities. — Rick West, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for elementary school

• ampoule
• bascule
• carpool
• cesspool
• ferrule
• footstool
• guayule
• lobule
• misrule
• preschool
• pustule
• whirlpool