elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Why the hell is the King of Queens star posing as an elementary school teacher?
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Nov. 2025
The Superintendent for Mattawan Schools Randy Fleenor shared a letter, obtained by local outlet WWMT-TV, with the school community informing them of the incident involving an elementary school student in their school district.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
What are the best elementary schools in Idaho?
—Idaho Statesman, 13 Nov. 2025
Community partners have long made efforts to provide snacks for elementary schools serving Kansas City’s most impoverished areas.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Nov. 2025
The Superintendent for Mattawan Schools Randy Fleenor shared a letter, obtained by local outlet WWMT-TV, with the school community informing them of the incident involving an elementary school student in their school district.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
What are the best elementary schools in Idaho?
—Idaho Statesman, 13 Nov. 2025
Community partners have long made efforts to provide snacks for elementary schools serving Kansas City’s most impoverished areas.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for elementary school
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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