In America is school divided into three sections, junior school K-4, middle school 5-8, senior school 9-12?

Question

so when you refer to "high school", you mean the highest one?

Answer 1

The other responders totally got this one. You've got the years correct but the names are typically known as, "Elementary, Junior High (or Middle), and Senior High, respectively."

These titles can and do vary by school district and state, and more so in private schools (my school had "Upper Division, Middle Division and Lower Division").

But that's pretty much the gist of it.

Answer 2

It totally depends on the state and school district. The schools in America are managed by the individual state governments, rather than just having one national school system, so that's why there is a lot of variation.

Usually, though, it's elementary school (grades K-5), middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12). In some places, they do put 5th grade in middle school though.

Other places have the "junior high" system rather than "middle school". In this case, it's elementary school (grades K-6), junior high school (grades 7 and 8) and then high school (grades 9-12), which sometimes might be called senior high school to distinguish it from junior high. Unlike middle schools which are always totally separate from high school, sometimes junior high can be combined with a regular high school on the same campus, but typically they will still have the junior high students in a separate building or at least in a separate wing. Junior high schools can also be totally separate from high school, but they are still run more like a regular high school than a middle school (for example, in a junior high, students will likely be randomly assigned to classes like you are in high school, but middle schools usually put students on "teams" which each have a set of teachers, so that it's still a little bit like elementary school even though they're switching classes and having multiple teachers).

I have heard of some places that have both a middle school (grades 5 and 6) and a junior high (grades 7 and 8)...or again, possibly a high school with grades 7-12 but split into junior and senior high.

Answer 3

That's about right. Some school systems go K-5, 6-9 and 10-12; others go K-5, 6-8 and 9-12. It just depends on the school system and the way the school board determines it.

Answer 4

well, each district has a different system. Some districts have elementary school (K-4), intermediate school (5-6), junior high school (7-8), and high school (9-12). some junior highs are even 7-9, but most districts have K-5, 6-8, and 9-12

Answer 5

Here is how they go (you have the names wrong too)

Elementary School: Grades Kindergarten - 5
Middle School (also known as Junior High): Grades 6-8
High School: Grades 9 - 12

Not only that, people in a certain grade have to be a certain grade. When you start school, you must be five years old. They will not enroll you otherwise. By the time you graduate high school, you will be eighteen years old.

There are some minor variations in different places. For example, in some places, Grades 6-12 are combined together.

Answer 6

I think most of them are like that now, yes. When I was young, it was grade school, 1-6, then junior high, 7-9, then senior high, 10-12. But then I was a baby boomer, and they had to move things around to accommodate so many kids in schools built many years earlier. We ended up with the Spring City High School building being used for just ONE YEAR of junior high; seventh grade. Then they used the old Royersford High for eighth and ninth grade, and had the new Spring-Ford High School built by the time we got to tenth grade. My class was the crest of the wave on the baby boom: the kids born more-or-less nine months after World War II was over.

Answer 7

It depends where you live in this country. Where I live it's: Primary-K-6, Jr High-7&8, High School-9-12. In one part of Delaware they do it as: Primary K-3, Middle-4-6, Jr Hr-7&8, High School-9-12

Answer 8

Yes and no. It depends on the school district you attend. For instance, some districts in Texas have three divisions, K-5, 6-8, 9-12. Others have four, splitting either with 5th-6th, 9th, or 9th-10th. Other districts split them up into five division, based upon the above split. As you see, it can become quite complicated. But in a traditional sense, I think most American schools are based upon a three tier unit: K-5 th, 6th-8th, and 9th-12th.

Answer 9

Elementary school depending on where you live is K-5, middle school is 6-8 and high school is 9-12. It does depend on what state you live in.

Answer 10

It is three sections but they're:
K-5 = elementary school
6-8 = middle school or junior high school
9-12 = high school
Sometimes 6th is part of elementary school and junior high is just 7th and 8th. I think that 9th sometimes used to be part of middle school but it never is anymore.