elementary school

noun

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

elementary school

noun

1. a former name for primary school

2. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of elementary school¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Two women were arrested by ICE agents in front of an elementary school.

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Cynthia Rehberg, an associate principal from a Wisconsin elementary school, found her staff photo had been inaccurately posted on X along with a social-media post celebrating Kirk’s death.

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Toyoake's ordinance urges elementary school students to avoid smartphones after 9 pm, while junior high students and older are advised not to use them after 10 pm.

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He also spotlighted the new reading bill, which he formally signed Thursday at a Los Angeles elementary school.

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Roske also expressed concerns that Kavanaugh would vote to loosen gun regulations in another case, and was upset about a mass shooting earlier that year at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

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Related Words

• grade school 
• grammar school