elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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The acquisition allows Rocketship to expand its network of elementary schools in Wisconsin and allows Carmen Schools to focus on middle and high school education.
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Mia Thurow, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
Tentative plans also are in the works for Hope and Jefferson elementary schools.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
Children in the Waukegan Park District’s Before and After School program (BASE) get an opportunity to form friendships with youngsters who are not in the same elementary school, but may become classmates in middle school and certainly in high school.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
For their end-of-the-year projects, students at my daughter’s elementary school presented ways to raise awareness of one of the SDGs.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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Mia Thurow, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
Tentative plans also are in the works for Hope and Jefferson elementary schools.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
Children in the Waukegan Park District’s Before and After School program (BASE) get an opportunity to form friendships with youngsters who are not in the same elementary school, but may become classmates in middle school and certainly in high school.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
For their end-of-the-year projects, students at my daughter’s elementary school presented ways to raise awareness of one of the SDGs.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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