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A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, [1] Australia, [2] New Zealand, [3] Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore [4]), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).
This produced the third genre of school – the junior high school – which was designed to provide transitional preparation from primary school to secondary school, thus serving as a bridge between the elementary school and the high school. Elementary schools typically operated grades Kindergarten through 6; the junior high school, often ...
Some private schools, and public schools, are offering pre-kindergarten (also known as pre-K) as part of elementary school. Twelve states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Vermont) as well as the District of Columbia offer some form of universal pre-kindergarten according to the Education Commission of the States (ECS).
In Canada, primary school (also referred to as elementary school) usually begins at ages three or four, starting with either Kindergarten or Grade 1 and lasts until age 11 or 12. Many places in Canada have a split between primary and elementary schools. In Nova Scotia "elementary school" is the most common term.
Abbott Elementary School (3601 Barnes, opened in 1912 as part of the Chaneyville Independent School District, transferred to the City of Houston in 1914, closed in 1959 [74]) Alamo Elementary School (201 East 27th, opened 1913 as Sunset Heights Elementary School, closed 1980 [74]) Charlotte B. Allen Elementary School (Houston) Allen closed in 2009.
Bowes Road School, which opened in 1901, is a typical "three decker" urban elementary school in the Queen Anne style. Elementary schools were the first schools in England and Wales intended to give a basic education to the children of working class families. At the start of the 19th century, the only schooling available to these young people ...
Elementary schools in the United States by county (4 C) Elementary schools in the United States by populated place (10 C) Elementary schools in the United States by state or territory (57 C)
For further information see the articles about primary education, elementary school and primary school. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.