middle school

middle school

n.

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

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middle school

Noun

(in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 8 or 9 and 12 or 13

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

middle school - a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 Gymnasium, lycee, lyceum, secondary school school - 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 trades high 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 grades prep school, preparatory school - a private secondary school public school - private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition grammar school - a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college secondary modern school - a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education composite school, comprehensive school - a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities

Translations

middle school middle n (US) → école pour les enfants de 12 à 14 ans, collège m;

(Brit) → école pour les enfants de 8 à 14 ans