elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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The Bugbee, Duffy, Smith Stern, and Webster Hill elementary schools in West Hartford all have 100% rates.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Brandon Sigaran Cruz was only 9 when his parents brought him and his brother to the United States, far away from the gangs recruiting young boys in the elementary schools of El Salvador.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Hegseth was asked for an update about the investigation into the deadly strike on the elementary school in Iran that occurred soon after the operation began.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
The next day, Shajareh Tayyebeh, a girls’ elementary school in the southern city of Minab, was hit in the first wave of strikes on Iran.
—Mahsa Alimardani, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Brandon Sigaran Cruz was only 9 when his parents brought him and his brother to the United States, far away from the gangs recruiting young boys in the elementary schools of El Salvador.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Hegseth was asked for an update about the investigation into the deadly strike on the elementary school in Iran that occurred soon after the operation began.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
The next day, Shajareh Tayyebeh, a girls’ elementary school in the southern city of Minab, was hit in the first wave of strikes on Iran.
—Mahsa Alimardani, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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