What age to students in the U.S. start school? What is the first grade called (i.e-kindergarten)?

Answer 1

Age 5 or 6 is kindergarten.

Children might begin pre-kindergarten (pre-k!) or nursery school at age three.

Grade 1 is the year following kindergarten.

Answer 2

US - kindergarten - child must be 5 years old by a specific cut off date determined by the individual school district.

First grade - children are between 6-8 years of age depending if they stayed back a grade.

Most Public Schools will offer prekindergarten programs that start at age 3, and age 4.

Answer 3

In out area (South Texas) they can begin school at the age of 4 (Pre-kindergarten) but only if the qualify. Otherwise it is the age of 5 into Kindergarten.

Answer 4

Kindergarten (1st year of schooling) starts at five years of age. First grade starts at six years of age. That's if the child passes kindergarten.

Answer 5

In my area, Kindergarten is 5 yrs and First Grade is 6.

Answer 6

Public school begins at age 5 and it's called Kindergarten, which traditionally was only half a day long, but many are now expanding to all day. Some choose to send thier children to pre-school and they vary in age and education styles.

Answer 7

Compulsory school attendance ages vary state to state. Kindergarten comes from the German word, and is considered an introduction to school.

Then you enter the primary grades one, two and three. After that is intermediate grades four and five.

Answer 8

We have pre-kindergarten approx age 4
Kindergarten approx age 5 - 6
1st thru 12th grade approx age 6 - 18

Answer 9

they start preschool at age 4 then kindergarden at 5 or 6 then first grade they go till 12th wen there17 18 or 19

Answer 10

4, freshman