elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Middle schools received the highest percentage of Fs compared against the other school levels, at 14%, followed by elementary schools, 13% and high schools, 9%.
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Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2025
Dating can feel like the elementary school playground sometimes.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
San Antonio, who is the parent of a preschooler and toddler who will be eligible to attend Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary, noted that the city of Carlsbad currently pays for a school resource officer who covers the four Encinitas Union School District elementary schools in Carlsbad.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
The position of elementary education among the least susceptible to poverty might be surprising, but elementary school teachers are scarce and in demand.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2025
Dating can feel like the elementary school playground sometimes.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
San Antonio, who is the parent of a preschooler and toddler who will be eligible to attend Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary, noted that the city of Carlsbad currently pays for a school resource officer who covers the four Encinitas Union School District elementary schools in Carlsbad.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
The position of elementary education among the least susceptible to poverty might be surprising, but elementary school teachers are scarce and in demand.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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