middle school

a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.

Origin of middle school

First recorded in 1830–40

In 2000, the comparable figures stood at 27.9 percent for high-school students and 10.7 percent for middle-school children.

Cigarettes’ Last Gasp |William O’Connor |August 14, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
At the end of the presentation, Obama met with three middle-school students from Haifa.

Snake Robots, Alternative Fuel & More Highlights From Obama’s Visit to the Israel Museum |Eli Lake |March 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A video snippet of Liu during a middle-school English language class “is the hottest thing on the Internet,” notes Chen.

China’s First Female Astronaut, Liu Yang, Ready to Blast Off |Melinda Liu |June 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It happened late in the day and captured about as much attention as a middle-school band recital.

Does Congress’s Budget Delay Actually Matter? |Daniel Stone |February 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

And between 2008 and 2010, Oakland has outpaced the rest of California in improvement at the elementary- and middle-school levels.

Back to School for the Billionaires |Rita Beamish |May 2, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The most interesting feature of the meeting was old pupils' grateful recollections of Hearn, the middle-school teacher.

The Foundations of Japan |J.W. Robertson Scott

middle school

(in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 8 or 9 and 12 or 13 Compare first school