: old enough to go to school
school-age children

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Parents of school-age kids tend to be swamped with extracurriculars in the evenings or sports practice on weekends. Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025 Later this month, the city plans to open a site in City Heights specifically for families with school-age children. Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025 In 2021, the company launched PragerU Kids, an offshoot targeting school-age children and educators with lesson plans, worksheets and other learning materials tied to its videos. Emery Petchauer, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025 Low vaccination rates contributed to a measles outbreak in Texas earlier this year, leading to almost 100 hospitalizations and two deaths of school-age children. Jared Gans, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for school-age

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school-age was in 1741

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“School-age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school-age. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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