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elementary school

noun

  1. the lowest school giving formal instruction, teaching the rudiments of learning, and extending usually from six to eight years.


elementary school

noun

  1. a former name for primary school
  2. Also called (in the US)grade schoolgrammar school a state school in which instruction is given for the first six to eight years of a child's education
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Word History and Origins

Origin of elementary school1

First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences

Math & Science College Prep, which is located on the former grounds of Frederick Douglass elementary school in Los Angeles, plays Diamond Ranch on Tuesday in the Southern California Division V regional final.

Boman reportedly testified that his resentment toward racial minorities dated back to elementary school, when he and his sister were among the few white children and endured bullying and violence.

He spent six weeks out of school before switching to another elementary school in La Cañada Flintridge.

The film is set at the end of the term for an elementary school in Japan, and exiting first graders are preparing a special welcome song for the next class in their grade.

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Conservative maelstrom Libs of TikTok conducted a social media campaign against a basic gender affirming curriculum that had been in place for five years in my child's public elementary school.

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