[countable] aschoolforchildrenwhoareaboutfivetotwelveyearsold小学➨ WORD BUILDING 词汇扩充In the U.S., children start elementary school when they are about 5. The first year of this is called kindergarten.在美国，儿童上小学 (elementary school) 的入学年龄为 5 岁。小学第一年称作学前班 (kindergarten)。When children are around 11 years old, they move to middle school (or junior high school), and when they reach the age of around 14, they start high school.儿童 11 岁左右升入中学 (middle school) 或初级中学 (junior high school)，到 14 岁左右时，开始上高中 (high school)。Each year of school is called a grade. When a child is around 6 years old they are in first grade, and the last year of high school is the twelfth grade.年级称作 grade。儿童 6 岁左右上一年级 (first grade)，而高中最后一年为十二年级 (twelfth grade)。