intermediate school

American  

noun

1. a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.

2. a junior high school.

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intermediate school British  

noun

1. a school for children aged between 11 and 13

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Etymology

Origin of intermediate school

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Voters greenlighted a bond for improvements, including a new intermediate school, thanks in part to data center-linked revenue that pushed down residents’ tax increases compared with previous proposed bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Trujillo, who teaches at Giano Intermediate School in West Covina, likened the experience to the word-of-the-day segment on the “The Pee-Wee Herman Show” from the 1980s that would cause everyone on the show to erupt with joy when the word was said.

From Los Angeles Times

Carlos Ochoa, principal of Giano Intermediate School, acknowledged that some of his teachers get annoyed the trend disrupts their classroom.

From Los Angeles Times

“I feel like a star,” Her, a student at Riverside Meadows Intermediate School in Plumas Lake, said about his myriad interviews with friends and media alike.

From Los Angeles Times

Another, 13-year-old Carr Intermediate School student Cynthia Torres Zarate, was hospitalized and placed on life support before being declared brain dead.

From Los Angeles Times