elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Seizing everyday literacy opportunities matters, because strong reading in elementary school is a powerful predictor of long-term success.
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Maya Payne Smart, Contributor, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025
Even though Dina was only in elementary school at the time, Peter pulled out a pen and started scribbling numbers and equations on a napkin.
—Jenni Carlson, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
When Randy Dunn was in elementary school in the Kansas City School District, he was placed in a class for academically gifted students.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
Shooting near Crowley district elementary school closes campus to students
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—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
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Maya Payne Smart, Contributor, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025
Even though Dina was only in elementary school at the time, Peter pulled out a pen and started scribbling numbers and equations on a napkin.
—Jenni Carlson, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
When Randy Dunn was in elementary school in the Kansas City School District, he was placed in a class for academically gifted students.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
Shooting near Crowley district elementary school closes campus to students
→ Texas cattle ranchers have reasons to fear tariffs
[Get our breaking news alerts.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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