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 National Transportation Safety Board opened an ongoing investigation into Waymo after a robotaxi struck a child in Santa Monica, Calif., near an elementary school.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

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

The Garden Grove facility neighbors an elementary school and residential neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Bernard went to the same elementary school as me and my best friends, Isabella and Julia.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée