Elementary school

A Shōgakkō or elementary school class in Japan

Elementary school in Višňové (Slovakia).

The term elementary school is used in some countries for schools where children from the age of about five receive primary education.

Examples

Elementary school (United States), where there are currently some 92,858 elementary schools (68,173 public, 24,685 private)
Elementary school (England and Wales) First established in 1870, most of these schools were converted into Primary schools during the late 1940s.
Elementary schools in Japan

School types

Continuing education Further education Vocational school

Higher	Academy College Community college Graduate school Institute of technology Junior college University Upper division college Vocational university Seminary

By funding / eligibility

By style of education

By scope

Historical

Ancient higher-learning institutions Platonic Academy Lyceum Monastic schools Cathedral schools Medieval universities

Schools imposed on indigenous peoples	in Canada in New Zealand in the United States in South Africa

Informal or illegal	in Ireland in Greece in South Tyrol

Human biological and psychological development

Pre- and perinatal	Embryo Fetus

Postnatal development	Infant Toddler Preschool / Early childhood Elementary school Preadolescence Adolescence Middle age Old age

Legal and general definitions	Minor Infancy Child Childhood Adolescence Age of majority Adult

Developmental events and phases	Gestational age Prenatal development Birth Child development (stages) Cognitive development of infants Human development Puberty Ageing Senescence Death

Development and psychology	Pre- and perinatal psychology Infant and child psychology Adolescent psychology Youth development Young adult psychology Adult development Developmental psychology Psychological maturity

Theorists and theories	Bowlby (Attachment theory) Bronfenbrenner (Ecological systems theory) Erikson (Psychosocial development) Freud (Psychosexual development) Kohlberg (Kohlberg's stages of moral development\|Moral development) Piaget (Cognitive development) Vygotsky (Cultural-historical psychology) Evolutionary developmental psychology