elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Families who lost loved ones in the 2022 attack on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, have sought for nearly four years to hold accountable the police who waited more than an hour to confront the shooter while children and teachers lay dead or wounded in classrooms.
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Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
The town’s only elementary school, Beecher Road School is located at 40 Beecher Road, a quiet, treed country-like street.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Georgia has hundreds of Title I elementary schools, and Buis hopes his program can expand statewide.
—Faysal Aalen, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2025
Growing up, Accardi was a member of the Ramona Swim Team and competed in the Crown Quad Race Series during elementary school.
—Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
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Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
The town’s only elementary school, Beecher Road School is located at 40 Beecher Road, a quiet, treed country-like street.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Georgia has hundreds of Title I elementary schools, and Buis hopes his program can expand statewide.
—Faysal Aalen, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2025
Growing up, Accardi was a member of the Ramona Swim Team and competed in the Crown Quad Race Series during elementary school.
—Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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