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grade school

 
–noun
an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
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Also, graded school.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism
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elementary school  
n.  

  1. A school for the first four to eight years of a child's formal education, often including kindergarten.

  2. The first four to eight years of a child's formal education. Also called grade school, grammar school, primary school.

grade school  
n.  See elementary school.
grade'school'er (grād'skōō'lər) n.
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grade school

an elementary or secondary school in which the instructional program is divided into school years, known as grades or forms. At the end of each academic year, pupils move from one grade to the next higher in a group, with only an occasional outstanding achiever allowed to "skip" a grade, or advance beyond his fellows to a still higher grade. The practice of grading began in Germany as early as the 16th century and thence spread worldwide.

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