elementary school

NOUN

primary school

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grade school grammar school

WEAK

folk school graded school junior school

Example Sentences

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The risk of fire or flash fire spread across many city blocks, with dozens of homes, an elementary school and businesses in a potential blast damage zone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

In that bitter January darkness of a Manchester elementary school parking lot, several dozen voters clustered in line beside me to get into the gym just as the polls opened.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Cynthia Kuo, a 29-year-old elementary school teacher, said Trump was the "kind of person who just says whatever pops into his head."

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

That includes Liguori Academy, a high school that offers building trades training, and St. Francis de Sales, a Catholic elementary school.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

He’d only admitted to showing up at the elementary school with unicorns.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty