elementary school

noun

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as in secondary school

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Recent Examples of elementary school Kouhestak is just 37 kilometers (about 22 miles) from the city of Minab, where a US strike hit an elementary school in February, killing at least 168 children and 14 teachers, according to Iran. — Zachary Cohen, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026 Continuing elementary school students will have the choice of completing elementary school in their current school or enrolling based on the new boundaries. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026 On the same morning, a short drive away, a therapist who asked to be identified as Bre was also patrolling, having woken up to an alert on her phone about ICE activity at her daughter’s former elementary school. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 More news Fliers targeting an Armenian community were found near a Glendale elementary school. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for elementary school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementary school
  1. secondary school
  2. primary school
  3. high school
  4. public school
  5. junior high school
  6. grammar school
  7. middle school
  8. senior high school
Noun
  • Seventy percent of Gen Z women who started playing sports continued through the end of high or secondary school, compared with 62% of Baby Boomers.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The ban has been in place long enough that an entire cohort of girls has passed through adolescence without stepping foot in a secondary school classroom.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • The impact on schools is especially striking, says Marie Gorette Mutuyimana, a primary school teacher of 28 years who crosses the river twice every weekday to get to and from work.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The group’s harsh interpretation of Islamic rule excludes girls and women, who make up half of Afghanistan’s estimated 50 million people, from any meaningful education or employment opportunity, beyond primary school.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of primary school
Noun
  • His high school, college and NFL jerseys hang in the hallway of the only school in town (his 2019 graduating class of 23 people is considered big here).
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • About 7% of high school athletes go on to compete in any sport in college, according to NCAA participation data, and less than 2% receive an academic scholarship.
    — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • New York City's public school students are scheduled return to the classroom next week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • New York — New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through 8th grade, part of a larger move to restrict classroom technology in the nation’s largest school district.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • Becerra was quiet and serious when Franco first met him in junior high school, but slowly warmed up to other students.
    — Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • So the Sephora Performance Center might as well be a junior high school gym.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • Lowden and Smith were grammar school classmates and later served time together in Wethersfield.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Can states ban transgender kids from playing sports in grammar school, when boys and girls routinely play on the same teams?
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 30 June 2026
Definition of grammar school
Noun
  • His parents got divorced in middle school, and that forced him to find his independence.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • New York City's schools will ban elementary and middle school students from using generative AI tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Wednesday.
    — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 5 Sep. 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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