Elementary school

A Shōgakkō or elementary school class in Japan

Elementary school in Višňové (Slovakia).

Elementary school is a school for students at the ages of 3–12 to receive primary education.

Countries

Nearly all countries are primary to receive education from elementary school.

Examples

(Scotland) leave nursery age 4 and start primary school for the next 7 years which would be primary 1 (age 4 to 5) and so on until primary 7 which would be the last year at primary school at age (9 to 10) then after that off to high school at age 11 to 12

• Elementary school (England and Wales) First established in 1870, most of these schools were converted into Primary schools during the late 1940s
• Elementary school (United States), where there are currently some 92,858 elementary schools (68,173 public, 24,685 private)
• Elementary schools in Japan

See also

• Educational stage
• Primary school

External links

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (United States)
• Elementary Schools with Education and Crime Statistics (United States)