primary school
noun
1
: a school usually including the first three grades of elementary school but sometimes also including kindergarten
Examples of primary school in a Sentence
She goes to primary school.
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The number of children entering primary school in 2023 reached the highest level in over two decades, according to Wind Information, before dropping in 2024, the year her son enrolled.
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 June 2025
After Victoria completed primary school in 2018, her family had no means to send her for further education.
—Ogar Monday, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
As the World Economic Forum's The Future of Jobs and Skills report estimated back in 2016, 65 percent of children entering primary school that year were expected to work in job types that did not yet exist—and the experts consulted believe that many of them still do not.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
London has 525 near primary schools, far more than any other city in the ranking.
—Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 June 2025
After Victoria completed primary school in 2018, her family had no means to send her for further education.
—Ogar Monday, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
As the World Economic Forum's The Future of Jobs and Skills report estimated back in 2016, 65 percent of children entering primary school that year were expected to work in job types that did not yet exist—and the experts consulted believe that many of them still do not.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
London has 525 near primary schools, far more than any other city in the ranking.
—Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for primary school
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primary%20school. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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