Mommy22alyns Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 What are the breakdowns for each where you live? Apparently things are different from when I was in school. Poking around the site of the school the girls would have gone to, it looks like elementary ends with 5th grade. I'm asking because Rebecca got it in her head that she had to know whether she'd be in elementary or middle school next year. I tried to explain that it didn't matter for her, but... :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elementary K-4 Middle 5-8 High 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Just to totally confuse your cute dd: Elementary: K-2 Intermediate: 3-5 Middle: 6-8 High: 9-12 Last year, had my kids been in the system, I would have had 4 kids in each of the 4 schools. That in itself was motivation to keep homeschooling!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasia Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 In our district, K-4 - Elementary School 5-6 - Intermediate School 7-8 - Middle School 9-12 - High School But, every other district near us seems to be K-5, 6-8, 9-12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elementary K-5 Middle 6-8 High 9-12 K-2 is informally called lower elementary and 3-5 is upper elementary. Junior high would be assumed to be 9-10 eventhough we seldom hear people use that term. When house hunting, there is a school district that is Elementary K-6 Middle 7-8 High 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 small town: elementary K-4 Middle 5-8 High 9-12 When I was in school (eons ago): elementary K-6 Junior high 7-9 (9th grade still counted toward high school credit & graduation) high 10-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen+4dc Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 In VA where we currently live: K-5 elementary 6-8 middle 9-12 high school In ME where we used to live: K-3 elementary 4-8 middle 9-12 high school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elementary K-5 Middle 6-8 High 9-12 This is how it is where we live in Tn, where we lived in Ga. It's also how it was when I was growing up in Maryland (but I knew people in other counties that had Jr high 7-9 while I had middle in mine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elementary K-6 Middle 7-8 High 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbeym Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 In our district: Elementary PK-5 Transition 6th (half elementary/half middle school) Jr High 7-8 High School 9-12 All the neighboring districts vary with much confusion in some of them. The one I personally graduated from now has: Elementary PK-4/PK-5/K-4/K-5 Intermediate 5-6 Jr high 6-8 9th grade centers High school 10-12/9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakereese Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 They just switched ours up this year. Our district is in a reorganization. K-3 Elementary 4-5 Intermediate 6-8 Middle School 9-12 High School Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elementary: K-5 Middle: 6-8 High: 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 My district is constantly rearranging. Sometimes elementary goes to 6th, other years it's 5th. Some of the zones do intermediate school only, some did or are doing intermediate and junior high. Our high schools were 10-12, but now they're 9-12. Our population shifts a lot. Ds town has a K-8 school, then they go to the regional high school. My hometown was K-4, 5-8 middle school, and 9-12 when I went. Now it's broken up into k-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Almost everywhere around here it now seems to be: K-5 Elementary 6-8 Middle School 9-12 High School When I was in school, it was: 1-6 Elementary (there was no public K in town then) 7-8 Junior High 9-12 High School Dh grew up less than an hour for me. Elementary was the same, but: 7-9 Junior High 10-12 High School Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 In our district it is: K-5 Elementary 6-8 Middle/Jr 9-12 High In some neighboring districts it is: k-3 Primary 4-6 Intermediate 7-8 Jr/Middle 9-12 High Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somo_chickenlady Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elem: K-6 Middle: 7-8 High: 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 What are the breakdowns for each where you live? Apparently things are different from when I was in school. Poking around the site of the school the girls would have gone to, it looks like elementary ends with 5th grade. I'm asking because Rebecca got it in her head that she had to know whether she'd be in elementary or middle school next year. I tried to explain that it didn't matter for her, but... :tongue_smilie: Elementary is K-6 Middle 7-8 High school 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 In our district: Elementary K-5 Middle 6-8 High School 9-12 The district where I grew up used to have K-4 in elementary, then a 5-12 secondary school with 5-8 in its own "middle school" wing. Then when I was in 6th grade, they reorganized the schools so K-6 were elementary, and the secondary school started in 7th, with the 7th & 8th graders in a "jr. high" wing. Finally, they very recently shifted the 6th graders back into the secondary school because of a shortage of space at the elementary school. Not sure whether they call the 6-8 wing "jr. high" vs. "middle school". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Our local PS: K-4 Elementary 5-8 Middle School 9-12 High School Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Northern VA Elem K-6 Middle 7-8 High 9-12 Middle and High are in the same building, called a Secondary School. The kids have classes on opposite sides of the building, with the cafeteria and the auditorium in between. Dd has a foreign lang class, and so she treks to the other side every other day. In Ohio where I grew up, Elem K-6 Jr. Hi 7-8-9 High 10-12 In FL where I went to hs Elem k-5 Middle 6-7-8 High 9-12 In TX Elem k-6 Jr Hi -7-8 9th stood alone 10-12 high school In Ohio where my nieces went, some weird arrangement--can't remember. Something like 6 and 9 stood alone. FWIW, SWB counts Logic Stage as starting in 5th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghee Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Here, 3 year old preschool (for those that qualify) and PreK4 - 4th is elementary. 5-8 is middle school. 9-12 is high school. Three school buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 In our district: K-5 elementary 6-8 middle school 9-12 high school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elementary K-5 Middle 6-8, with sixth graders separated at a different school, though still called middle school High 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpoy85 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 When I was in school: elementary: K-4 Middle: 5-6 Jr High: 7-8 High: 9-12 Now? In the SAME school district if i lived there: elementary: K-6 jr High: 7-8 High: 9-12 Its because they built 5 new elementary schools and they have so many new students that the old middle school wasnt big enough (even with those trailers they put kids in) ETA: I dont know about the current school district because ive never looked. The above is from the school district where i grew up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Where I live now: Elementary: K-5 Middle School: 6-8 High School:9-12 Where I grew up: Elementary: K-6 Junior High: 7-9 High School: 10-12 Although, I understand from friends who still live where I grew up, that is some sort of bizarre centralized thing. Such as one school dedicated k-2, another is 3-5, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Where I grew up: Primary: 1-4 Secondary: 5-10 Junior College: 11-12 Where I live now: Primary: 1-6 Secondary: 7-10 Junior College: 11-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elementary K-5 Middle 6-8 High School 9-12 Where I grew up: Elementary K-6 Junior High 7-8 High School 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elementary K-5Middle 6-8 High School 9-12 Where I grew up: Elementary K-6 Junior High 7-8 High School 9-12 :iagree: exactly this for me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I'm asking because Rebecca got it in her head that she had to know whether she'd be in elementary or middle school next year. I tried to explain that it didn't matter for her, but... :tongue_smilie: And I'd just keep repeating that it doesn't matter. It's enough (actually, it's too much, IMHO) that we even know what "grade" our dc are "in." :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elem K-6 Middle 7-8 High School 9-12 OR, in the very same district on the other side of the highway: Elem k-5 Middle 6-8 High School 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 small town: elementary K-4 Middle 5-8 High 9-12 When I was in school (eons ago): elementary K-6 Junior high 7-9 (9th grade still counted toward high school credit & graduation) high 10-12 The small town where I lived is now: Elementary K-4 Middle 5-7 Jr. High 8-9 (with HS credits in 9th) High 10-12 It used to match elegantlion's when I was in school (not quite eons ago :D). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Prep Year: K Elem: 1-4 Middle: 5-8 High: 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 When I was going to school it was: Elementary K-6, Jr. 7-8, High 9-12. Where we live now it is: Elementary K-5, Middle 6-8 and high 9-12. When I was younger 6 grade was almost always in elementary but now it is almost always in middle. I think that is because kids are going through puberty earlier these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Where we live now: Elementary = K-5 Middle = 6-8 High = 9-12 But we used to live in a district in AR that was: Elementary = K-4 Middle = 5-6 Jr High = 7-9 High = 10-12 Where I grew up (and I think it's still this way): Elem = K-6 Intermediate = 7-8 High = 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchel210 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 My sisters school district in ohio is elementary k-6 high school 7-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 My goodness, there certainly is a variety of groupings, isn't there! I guess all I really care about is that colleges look at grades from 9-12, with the exception of math (Alg and above) and foreign lang taken in 8th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I tend to think of middle school and junior high as interchangeable terms Growing up Elementary K-4 5th grade was in school by itself Middle 6-8 High School 9-12 The district I went to High school in outgrew its HS and now arranges things thus: Primary K-1 Elementary 2-5 Intermediate 6-7 Middle 8-9 High 10-12 The district I live in Primary K-2 Elementary 3-5 Middle 6-8 High School 9-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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