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elementary school

noun

the lowest school giving formal instruction, teaching the rudiments of learning, and extending usually from six to eight years.

elementary school

noun

a former name for primary school
Also called (in the US)grade schoolgrammar 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of elementary school¹

First recorded in 1835–45

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Michelle, an elementary school student in East Nusa Tenggara province, was one of several in her school who suffered suspected food poisoning in February.

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Anderson hadn’t danced in a studio setting since elementary school and was eager to find her rhythm.

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“Intersection Allies” is a picture book also intended for early elementary school classes.

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At a Wisconsin elementary school in the 1960s, she faced racism and presumptions of idiocy.

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Immigration agents sought access to students at two Los Angeles elementary schools last week and were denied access.

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