intermediate school

noun

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: a school usually comprising grades four to six

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Other similar programs are the product of partnerships between Michigan’s intermediate school districts, community colleges and four-year colleges and universities. Gail Richmond, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2025 After the intermediate schools opened, the original school building shut down and sat largely vacant until it was rebuilt into the apartment building. Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025 The intermediate school district oversees a large swath of southwestern Michigan school districts and its summer program is meant to help students in migrant communities. Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 16 July 2025 In 2008, after outgrowing the capacity of the Oconomowoc Middle School, the city built two intermediate schools, Nature Hill and Silver Lake. Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for intermediate school

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First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of intermediate school was in 1842

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“Intermediate school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermediate%20school. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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