middle school

noun

Synonyms of middle schoolnext
: a school usually including grades five to eight or six to eight
middle schooler noun

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Who wouldn’t exchange a day at middle school for Liu’s glamorous existence? Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026 Smith told the jury that Colin Gray’s daughter was in lockdown at her middle school and texted her father that there had been a shooting at the high school. John Raby, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026 In addition to emptying a reserves fund and borrowing from a retiree health fund, district electeds agreed to reduce staffing, merge two middle schools, and end the kindergarten through eighth grade model, according to a Fiscal Solvency Plan trustees adopted Wednesday. Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026 The compressor station is located 1,900 only feet from Brookfield’s only middle school. Susan Moynihan, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle school

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of middle school was in 1870

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20school. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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middle school

noun
: a school usually including grades 5 to 8 or 6 to 8

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