Grade school

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Elementary school; primary school. Canada, Philippines, US, rare
  2. 2
    a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades wordnet

Etymology

In contrast to high schools, the subsequent secondary school type, classes of this kind of school do not have typical nicknames. In a grade school all classes are simply enumerated 1st to 8th grade (called form or year in British English). In a high school, on the other hand, school year groups are in everyday parlance referred to as freshman/sophomore/junior/senior year.

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