grade school

noun

grade-schooler noun

Examples of grade school in a Sentence

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In 2017, the SOUL Charter School petitioned neighboring San Dieguito Union High School District to open a 7th though 12th-grade school in Encinitas. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 What the Wisconsin Virtual Academy experience was like Wisconsin Virtual Academy is an online, kindergarten through 12th grade school that is tuition-free and open to anyone in the state of Wisconsin. Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Suspect Robin Westman, 23, graduated from Annunciation Catholic’s grade school in 2017, according to a yearbook obtained by CNN. Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025 Bienemann’s daughter was an alumna of the kindergarten-to-eighth-grade school. Mark Vancleave, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grade school

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grade school was in 1869

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“Grade school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grade%20school. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

grade school

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

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