middle school

noun

: a school usually including grades five to eight or six to eight
middle schooler noun

Examples of middle school in a Sentence

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Police locked down the Menlo-Atherton High School campus in addition to a nearby middle school for an hour until the student was located and weapons were recovered from the home. Mark Guarino, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025 Fertility education in school also has the potential to reach far more people than individual doctors can; not everyone goes to the doctor every year, but almost everyone goes to middle school and high school. Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2025 Medfield native Pete Carroll, the head coach of the New England Patriots at the time, picked Ormberg to build a brand new middle school program from scratch. Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025 What happened in middle school sextortion case? Nancy Cutler, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for middle school

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of middle school was in 1870

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20school. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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middle school

noun
: a school usually including grades 5 to 8 or 6 to 8

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