Usually refers to kindergarten through the 6th grade.
An institution providing education to grades one through five, and sometimes also kindergarten and grades six through eight if these are housed in the same set of buildings; also called a primary school, grade school, or grammar school. From elementary school, children move either into middle school or directly into high school. While kindergarten is largely preparatory, in the first grade children begin to learn the three R’s—reading, ’riting, and ’rithmetic and are gradually introduced to material in science, geography, and history, simplified at first, but increasingly sophisticated as the grades progress. The U.S. Department of Education has also recommended that children have some exposure to foreign languages, computers, music, and art in elementary school.