elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Staff members at a Denver elementary school sent dozens of families home with boxes full of food on Friday.
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Pendergrast is retired from teaching English as a Second Language at Merry Oaks International Academy, a public elementary school.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Parents upset by the news that two elementary schools are likely to close at the end of the school year crammed into the Grapevine-Colleyville school board meeting Monday night and also filled an overflow room.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
At a friend’s elementary school, students were brainstorming names for their annual food drive.
—Erica Dhawan, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Pendergrast is retired from teaching English as a Second Language at Merry Oaks International Academy, a public elementary school.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Parents upset by the news that two elementary schools are likely to close at the end of the school year crammed into the Grapevine-Colleyville school board meeting Monday night and also filled an overflow room.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
At a friend’s elementary school, students were brainstorming names for their annual food drive.
—Erica Dhawan, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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