grade school

noun

: elementary school

grade-schooler

ˈgrād-ˌskü-lər 

noun

Examples of grade school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Konkey and Peterson have been neighborhood buddies since grade school, but last year was their first season together playing football in high school. — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

There, her grade school love for numbers and desire to help people was nurtured. — Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

The two of them were like rock stars at the parish grade school. — Joe Holden, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Cricket and Olympia first meet in grade school in a northwest Indiana prairie town. — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for grade school

• minuscule
• molecule
• overrule
• poiseuille
• reticule
• ridicule
• vestibule
• ampoule
• bascule
• carpool
• cesspool
• ferrule

Kids Definition

grade school

noun

: a public school including the first six or the first eight grades