grade school

Also graded school

noun

1. an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.

grade school

noun

1. another name for elementary school

Word History and Origins

Origin of grade school¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

For Schneider, there was the time a jazz combo played in an assembly at grade school.

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He would occasionally delight friends with an impromptu serenade on the violin, which he’d played since grade school.

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“On a pretty regular basis, we would be sent home from grade school because of the intensity and dangers of smog that settled over the San Fernando Valley,” Padilla said.

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Early on, going through grade school, your identity is kind of caught up in the wins and losses and your friends and things like that, so it becomes pretty tough.

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Supreme Court will take up a dispute over grade school textbooks that include LGBTQ+ themes, pitting religious rights against individual rights.

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Related Words

• grammar school 
• preparatory school 
• primary school