elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Redick has never been a coach at any level above elementary school.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
But decades and decades of research has suggested the opposite — that 6-month-old babies have already started to distinguish different races, and that by elementary school, children are well aware of things like stereotypes and racial hierarchies.
—Leah Donnella, NPR, 18 May 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
But decades and decades of research has suggested the opposite — that 6-month-old babies have already started to distinguish different races, and that by elementary school, children are well aware of things like stereotypes and racial hierarchies.
—Leah Donnella, NPR, 18 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for elementary school
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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