middle school

noun

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: a school usually including grades five to eight or six to eight
middle schooler
-ˌskü-lər How to pronounce middle school (audio)
noun

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Billy Idol was on hand as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Save the Music teamed to provide a California middle school with a music education program. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026 The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case about the role race plays in middle school admissions, three years after a majority on the high court struck down affirmative action in college. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 Directed by Ora DeKornfeld and Bianca Giaever, the film follows Malachi, a middle school student in Marathon, Texas, who is obsessed with Joseph Stalin. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 The other middle school in Lexington, William Diamond Middle School, is sixth in the ranking. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle school

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First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of middle school was in 1870

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middle school

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: a school usually including grades 5 to 8 or 6 to 8

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