elementary school

NOUN

primary school

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grade school grammar school

WEAK

folk school graded school junior school

Example Sentences

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A Las Vegas elementary school now bears her name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

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

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

Last year, the Palisades fire destroyed their elementary school, Seven Arrows.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

“So you didn’t get all the school awards back in elementary school? And I guess they just give anybody a scholarship to those rich kid schools, huh?”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston