middle school

middle school

n. A school at a level between elementary and high school, typically including grades five or six through eight.

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mid′dle-school′ adj.mid′dle-school′er n.

middle school

n (Education) (in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 8 or 9 and 12 or 13. Compare first school

mid′dle school`

n. a school encompassing grades five or six through eight. [1965–70]

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middle school - a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12Gymnasium, lycee, lyceum, secondary schoolschool - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"academy - a secondary school (usually private)trade school, vocational school - a secondary school teaching the skilled tradeshigh school, highschool, senior high, senior high school, high - a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"junior high, junior high school - a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th gradesprep school, preparatory school - a private secondary schoolpublic school - private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuitiongrammar school - a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for collegesecondary modern school - a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic educationcomposite school, comprehensive school - a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities

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