ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

elementary school

noun

Definition of elementary school

as in secondary school

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Recent Examples of elementary school Relentless transit traffic and low-frequency vibrations will skirt right behind residential properties, an elementary school and local community spaces. — Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026 Their year-old destination, housed inside a 19th Century elementary school, has already hosted Sylvan Esso, Mike D, Death Cab for Cutie and Jenny Lewis side hustle Nice as Fuck. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026 Say your child attended elementary school in Los Angeles before your family relocated to Texas. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026 In January 2026, a driverless Waymo struck a nine-year-old pedestrian near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for elementary school

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Noun

Tan-Gillespie ultimately stayed with the chain throughout secondary school, later rising to assistant general manager.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Some primary and secondary school exams scheduled for those days were also postponed in Mauritius and on the nearby islands of Rodrigues and Agaléga, while international exams would go ahead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

Barrett noted a berm already exists along the primary school's south side.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Her experience as a primary school music teacher reflected a wider lifelong love of music, and much of her work centred around this.

— Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of primary school

Noun

Santa Margarita’s domination in high school girls golf continued Monday, with the Eagles winning the Southern Section Division 1 team title by four strokes over Orange Lutheran at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
That's how 17-year-old high school senior Alex Zaret described the college admissions process, during a tour of the Skidmore College campus — the fourth school Zaret had visited, with another half-dozen to go.

— Jon Marcus, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

My understanding is that there’s not a private school and then public school system like there is in America.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
Cothiere, a Haitian-American public school educator who is married to Democratic State Representative Wallace Aristide, excelled in precincts located in North Miami and North Miami Beach, where there are significant Haitian communities.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of public school

Noun

Parents received a message asking them to pick up their children from the junior high school.

— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026
In a bittersweet essay, Dolores’ daughter Juanita once recalled how her mother forgot to pick her up from junior high school.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of junior high school

Noun

Set in 1980s Britain, the comedy follows eight pupils at a Sheffield boys’ grammar school.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Library patron Betsie Hale did quilling years ago when her children were in grammar school, making Christmas ornaments on white paper with pearls or rhinestones for her kids to give away as presents.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of grammar school

Noun

District and state social studies curriculum requirements often feature middle school civics courses, and math-civics concepts align well with middle school math standards.

— Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
The two have worked together since Phifer was in middle school, building a partnership that extends far beyond the classroom.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of middle school

Noun

This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.

— Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026

Definition of senior high school

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