school-age

adjective

ˈskül-ˌāj 

: old enough to go to school

school-age children

Examples of school-age in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

School enrollment is set to plunge by another 2 million kids by 2030, and education experts say the crisis will be worsened by the deportation of immigrant families with school-age children. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026

The International Myopia Institute recommends school-age children spend at least 80 to 120 minutes outdoors each day as a preventative measure. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

In our data, collected from 2014 to 2021, about 17% of school-age children were being tutored, including 25% of Black children and 19% of Latino children, compared with 14% of white children. — David Blazar, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

The name Atlas Sound originates from a cassette karaoke machine that a middle-school-age Cox used to create his earliest recordings. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for school-age

• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage
• messuage
• offstage
• onstage
• outrage
• pelage