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-{{merge|Primary school|discuss=Talk:Elementary school#Merge with Primary school, revisited|date=December 2018}}
-{{for|more information on schooling in countries where the concept of a "primary school" is more commonly used|Primary school}}
-{{Childcare}}
-[[File:Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.jpg|thumb|A Shōgakkō or elementary school class in [[Japan]]]]
-[[File:ZŠ Višňové.JPG|thumb|Elementary school in [[Višňové, Žilina District|Višňové]] ([[Slovakia]]).]]
-'''Elementary school''' is a [[school]] for [[student]]s in their first school years, where they get [[primary education]] before they enter [[secondary education]]. The exact ages vary by country. In the United States, elementary schools usually have 6 grades with pupils aged between 6 and 13 years old, but the age can be up to 10 or 14 years old as well.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Snyder|first1=Thomas D.|last2=Hoffman|first2=Charlene M.|title=Digest of Education Statistics 2001|date=2001|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|location=Institute of Education Sciences, Washington|page=7, fig. 1|url=http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002130.pdf|accessdate=19 August 2017|format=pdf}}</ref> In Japan, the age of pupils in elementary school ranges from 6 to 12, after which the pupils enter [[Middle_school#Japan|junior high school]].
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-Elementary school is usually only one part of [[compulsory education]], especially in Western countries.
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+[[Category:Educational stages]]
-==Examples==
+[[Category:Primary education|School]]
-* [[Elementary school (England and Wales)]] were first established in 1870.<ref name="Gutek1994">{{cite book|author=Gerald L. Gutek|title=A History of the Western Educational Experience: Second Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Db35CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|accessdate=12 August 2017|date=14 December 1994|publisher=Waveland Press|isbn=978-1-4786-3010-4|page=203}}</ref> Most of these schools were converted into [[Primary school]]s during the late 1940s.
-* [[Elementary school (United States)]]: were first promoted in 1647 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.raceforward.org/research/reports/historical-timeline-public-education-us|title=Historical Timeline of Public Education in the US|date=2006-04-13|work=Race Forward|access-date=2018-02-08|language=en}}</ref> Today, there are currently approximately 92,858 elementary schools (68,173 public, 24,685 private)<ref name="NCES">{{cite news|url=http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002130.pdf |title=Digest of Education Statistics, 2001 |format=PDF |date= |agency=National Center for Education Statistics| accessdate=12 August 2017}}</ref>
-* [[Elementary schools in Japan]] were first established by 1875.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Establishment of Elementary Schools and Attendance|url=http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/html/others/detail/1317264.htm|website=JAPAN'S MODERN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM|publisher=Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan|accessdate=12 August 2017}}</ref>
-==References==
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-==External links==
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-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110116125625/http://nces.ed.gov/ National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (United States)]
-* [http://elementaryschools.org/ Elementary Schools with Education and Crime Statistics (United States)]
-==See also==
-{{Portal|Schools}}
-* [[Educational stage]]
-* [[Primary school]]
-* [[Grammar school]]
-* [[Virtual reality in primary education]]
-{{Schools}}
-{{Human development}}
-{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2011}}
-[[Category:Primary education]]
-[[Category:Elementary and primary schools| ]]
-[[Category:History of education]]
 [[Category:School terminology]]
 [[Category:School types]]
-[[Category:Educational stages]]