middle school

noun

1. a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.

middle school

noun

1. (in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 8 or 9 and 12 or 13 Compare first school

Word History and Origins

Origin of middle school¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

He was a decent goalkeeper until he hit a growth spurt in middle school.

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In middle school, I wasn’t a great student and gravitated to theater.

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Ikka Ito, a middle school student playing a video game near a local station, uses his phone for four to five hours a day.

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Roop attended public middle school but wanted to switch to private high school to ensure she’d be “in an environment where people around her were serious students.”

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Jackson, the college freshman, recalled getting her first iPhone in middle school.

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Related Words

• junior high www.thesaurus.com
• secondary school