primary school

noun

Definition of primary schoolnext
as in secondary school

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Recent Examples of primary school In each session, tutors also assist students with their homework assigned by their primary school. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026 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 Years earlier, Luwi had fought to change the name of his children’s primary school to Gajdusek Memorial Community School. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Any students attending primary school in either district won't be able to use their phones, while high school students will face restrictions. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for primary school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primary school
  1. secondary school
  2. elementary school
  3. high school
  4. public school
  5. junior high school
  6. common school
  7. senior high school
  8. middle school
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
  • 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, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • Two high school student groups welcomed some concessions but called for protests to continue.
    — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But Harvie, a former high school social studies teacher and county commissioner, is still a long shot to win.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Although the breach involves California's public school system, the people whose records were stolen may now live anywhere in the United States.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • School’s Chancellor Kamar Samuels held a moment of silence for the 11-year-old boy, who attended a Bronx public school, at an unrelated event Wednesday night.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • 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
  • Goldee’s was opened in 2020 by former junior high school classmates Jonny White, Jalen Heard and Lane Milne.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of common 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
Noun
  • Billy Idol was on hand as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Save the Music teamed to provide a California middle school with a music education program.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The case originates from a change in admissions policy that began a decade ago, when a consulting group was hired to evaluate how the school system chose students for its middle school magnet programs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of middle school

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