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 The pair first met as elementary school students at a Christian summer camp in Louisiana. — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026 New Jersey enacted its assault weapons law in 1990 following a mass shooting at a California elementary school. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026 The bus belonged to the King David Junior School, an elementary school situated in the capital, Kampala, police said. — ABC News, 17 July 2026 Voters in Charlestown will get a first say on whether the plan for the unified elementary school campus will move forward. — Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for elementary school

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Noun

In early February, a Canadian 18-year-old named Jesse Van Rootselaar shot and killed five students at Tumbler Ridge secondary school before turning the gun on herself.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 July 2026
In September, the future king will head off to secondary school at Eton College, his father Prince William’s alma mater.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 22 July 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

He was revisited by a vague feeling of physical ineptitude that’d haunted him since childhood; failing to throw the ball properly on sports day at primary school, his father watching.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
This has been compounded by massive cuts in international aid and a Taliban government that has sidelined half of Afghanistan’s population, denying women and girls education beyond primary school and banning them from the vast majority of jobs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of primary school

Noun

The hearing comes about two years after the attack at the high school, the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Valdosta is the newest school to join a multimillion-dollar trend accelerating across Georgia high school football programs.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

The growth comes at a time when public school enrollment in South Florida has seen a sharp decline.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Chris Affleck graduated from Harvard, pursued a career as a public school teacher, and taught literacy classes in Mississippi, the obituary shared.

— Mason Leib, ABC News, 24 July 2026

Definition of public school

Noun

The two remaining students already were of junior high school age and were in the midst of attending middle school in neighboring districts as part of an agreement that McAuley leaders reached with District 33 in the late 1980s.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026

Definition of junior high school

Noun

But now the Orange County School Board is poised to ban e-bikes and e-scooters from elementary and middle school campuses and allow them only at high schools, and only if the student has a driver’s license.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
For example, Pines Collegiate Academy (41%) will be in its second year of a transition from a middle school to a 6-12, while Silver Shores STEAM Academy in Miramar (45%) is in the middle of a transition from an elementary school to a K-8.

— Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 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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