elementary school
Americannoun
noun
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a former name for primary school
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Also called (in the US): grade school. grammar school. a state school in which instruction is given for the first six to eight years of a child's education
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Etymology
Origin of elementary school
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Most attendees are elementary school children, some required to be there.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
Felipa Sanchez Cruz stands in front of an Alebrijes that she helped paint at elementary school Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026
Slate’s headquarters in Troy, Mich., sits about a hundred yards away from his childhood elementary school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
The Iran World Cup team arrived in Tijuana wearing lapel pins on their jackets acknowledging victims of a Feb. 28 missile strike on an elementary school.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
You don’t really get to pick anything in elementary school.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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