elementary school

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noun

the lowest school giving formal instruction, teaching the rudiments of learning, and extending usually from six to eight years.

Origin of elementary school

First recorded in 1835–45

Also called primary school.

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Kids ranging from 17 down to elementary-school age mill about, waiting to be called by the court.
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She had been an elementary-school nurse for 30 years, for a time at the same school her daughter and son attended.
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December 17, 2012
In light of the elementary-school mass shooting in Connecticut, gun control is once again up for debate.
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Not in public places, anyway, like bars, restaurants, hospital rooms, and elementary-school gymnasiums.
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While the great majority of their elementary-school teachers are women, all the administrators are men.
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British Dictionary definitions for elementary school

elementary school

noun

British a former name for primary school
Also called (in the US): grade school, grammar school US and Canadian a state school in which instruction is given for the first six to eight years of a child's education

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