: old enough to go to school
school-age children

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The study would include looking at school district boundaries, existing school district facilities, staffing levels and salary scales, the population of school-age children in each district, as well as revenue limits and current overall spending, the bill's text said. Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025 A number of new families joined, the club began hosting Sunday cookouts, and Daniel Haimovic, SC Hospitality’s chairman, started spending a lot of the summer there with his family, including his two elementary-school-age kids, who played tennis, padel, pickleball, and basketball at the club. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2025 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 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 22 Nov. 2025.

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