school age

noun

1. the age set by law for children to start school attendance.
2. the period of school attendance required by law.

Other Words From

• school-age adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of school age¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

The only reason why a Covid-19 vaccine mandate would need to apply to adults is that the virus recently emerged, so most Americans were well past school age when they needed a vaccine.

From Vox

Early on in the pandemic, 93 percent of parents reported that their children were engaging in some form of distance learning, while the New York Times reported that 72 percent of high school age students struggled with their mental health this year.

From Vox

Though written for adults, this is a book that can also be enjoyed by young people of high school age, maybe younger, as long as they don’t mind gunplay and dastardly villains.

From Washington Post

The Malala Fund projects that an additional 20 million girls of secondary school age may never return to the classroom.

From Time

There’s an “exceptionally small risk” of primary or secondary school age children dying from coronavirus if it’s contracted, they said.

From Fortune

“The jailer had a high-school-age daughter and was uncertain how to help her get in college,” writes Ferris.

From The Daily Beast

Kids ranging from 17 down to elementary-school age mill about, waiting to be called by the court.

From The Daily Beast

School-age children with rumbling tummies move their styrofoam trays in an orderly lunch line.

From The Daily Beast

Of those there are perhaps 50,000 children—roughly 25,000 are school age; the rest are younger.

From The Daily Beast

Before Mean Girls, high-school-age girls probably spent hours preparing elaborate Halloween costumes.

From The Daily Beast

There seemed to be no disagreement on the question of educating boys and girls of primary-school age together.

From Project Gutenberg

It accordingly searches out illiterate children of school age, or persons smitten with infectious disease.

From Project Gutenberg

That was William Frantz so he was of school age at the time we are talking about.

From Project Gutenberg

A system of compulsory education is enforced in Japan, and 98 per cent, of the children of school age attend.

From Project Gutenberg

From the beginning of school age to about fourteen years of age the improvement of most aspects of memory is rapid.

From Project Gutenberg