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grade school |
see "elementary school." |
grammar school |
see "elementary school." |
junior high school |
a school between elementary school and high school; middle school. Junior high school usually includes grades seven, eight, and nine. |
middle school |
a school that includes middle grades, usually grades six through eight. Children go to middle school after elementary school and before high school. |
normal school |
formerly, a two-year school that trained high school graduates to be elementary school teachers. |
prekindergarten |
schooling for very young children that prepares them for kindergarten. Kindergarten in the U.S. is the first year of public elementary school, which children usually begin at age five. |
primary school |
a school that comprises the first six grades; elementary school. [1/2 definitions] |
secondary school |
a school that is intermediate between elementary school and college; junior high school or high school. |
yeshiva |
an Orthodox Jewish elementary school for both religious and secular training. [1/2 definitions] |
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