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
Etymology
Origin of elementary school
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Six years later, it remains mostly empty, aside from a small elementary school founded by Bhakta’s wife, with the bigger development plans called off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Basically, I was one of the few children with sight in that elementary school.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
And Mario Thompson, an elementary school principal who has been intimately involved in all his daughters’ careers, is having to negotiate all this on the fly.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
In that bitter January darkness of a Manchester elementary school parking lot, several dozen voters clustered in line beside me to get into the gym just as the polls opened.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
So, instead of turning right on Brazos, I just kept going until I hit our old elementary school.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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