middle school

noun

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

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Washington coached high school, middle school sports Washington coached middle school boys basketball in the Park Hill School District, according to a school district sports website. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2025 Holyoke man Scott McGinley, 55 — a middle school librarian in Longmeadow — has been charged with one count of distribution of child pornography. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025 Molinar said she’s been updating Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath on Fort Worth ISD’s progress and the district’s new academic policies that are being introduced, such as a new lesson structure for teachers and block schedule for middle schools. Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2025 Vannucci reportedly worked in a class for kids requiring special education, and was employed at All God’s Children Christian School in Discovery Bay before the middle school in Byron, investigators said. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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middle school

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

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