elementary school
Americannoun
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elementary schools
plural
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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The first occupied a roped-off parking lot beside an elementary school.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
In another instance, a Waymo vehicle stopped in a marked disabled parking spot while waiting to pick up a passenger outside an elementary school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Osterberg courted Britain's middle and upper classes for her college, deciding most elementary school girls were "absolutely unfit to be trained... their muscles have been starved from babyhood".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Good evening, everyone,” Bass began over jeers, in the tone of an elementary school teacher who knows her students are going to act extra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
There were hardly any other Black students at my elementary school, and besides, I had Isabella and Julia.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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