What age are kids in each grade in the USA School system?

Question

I'm currently reading a lot of research articles carried out in American Schools but as I don't understand the school system I don't know how old the kids in the studies are so please can someone tell me what age kids are in each grade and which grades are in elementary, junior high and high school (and any others I might have missed!)

Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer 1

Pre-Kindergarten 4-5

Kindergarten 5 - 6

1st Grade 6-7

2nd grade 7-8

3rd grade 8-9

4th 9-10

5th 10-11

6th 11-12

7th 12-13

8th 13-14

9th 14-15

10th 15-16

11th 16-17

12th 17-18

With these ages  in the state of Georgia you have to take into account the child's birthday. If their birthday is AFTER September 1st they have to wait another year to start. Also if your child is born in June, July, or August you can postpone their going to school for a year. In georgia kindergarten is NOT required so your child could start in first grade at 6 years old. In example your child's turn 6 in june. He can start 1st grade in the fall of that year, or you can make him wait till the following year, but if your child turns 6 on  September 2nd he would NOT go until the following year. Hope this helps.

Bethany

Answer 2

Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten. First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades are Elementary Level. Junior High level is from 7th through 9th grades and High School is 10th through 12th grades.

Kids usually start Pre-Kindergarten at age 4. Pre-Kindergarten is not required here in Pennsylvania. Children have to be 5 years of age before September first in order to start Kindergarten. So, if their birthday falls after that date, they have to wait until the following year to begin school. Kids are anywhere from 4-5 years old when they start school and between 17-18 years old when finished high school. Hope this has helped you.

Answer 3

Sure.  The following are the most common ages for students to start a particular grade.  

Preschool, sometimes called Prekindergarten

Ages 3 and 4

Elementary school

Kindergarten - 5

1st grade - 6

2nd - 7

3rd - 8

4th - 9

5th - 10

Junior high school, also called Middle school

6th - 11

7th - 12

8th - 13

High school

9th - 14

10th - 15

11th - 16

12th - 17

Some additional notes:  Different school districts can divide the grade levels up differently.  Some school districts place 5th graders at the junior high school, while others place 6th graders at the elementary school.  Some school districts place 8th graders at the high school, while others place 9th graders at the junior high school.  The decision has little to do with the education, and is generally based upon factors such as which school buildings have enough space to accomodate the students.  For example, if the elementary school has too many students, and the middle school has empty classrooms, then the school district might decide to move the fifth graders to the middle school.  

Oh, and preschool is generally not required, but it is becoming increasingly more popular.

Answer 4

My cat stepped on the keyboard and I just lost my answer, so I'll add to what other folks have said. A county in the USA may have 40,000 people and four separate school districts. Even within some of the larger school districts, you see different configurations, often depending on the size of existing buildings. Some schools in very remote areas are K-12, in one school. I've heard of cities that have one elementary school for grades K-3, and another for grades 4-6.

We do like to send kids going through puberty to a very small, very separate school. In the old model, you had junior high schools that were 7th-8th, or sometimes 9th. I know at least one rural grade 7-12 school was directed by the state in recent years to split into a grade 7-8 middle school and a grade 9-12 high school. And I know a rural middle school that closed down due to falling enrollments last year. The kids in grades 5-6 were sent to the elementary school, and the kids in grades 7-8 were sent to the high school.

Cut off dates and school years also vary widely from school district to school district. You usually have to turn 5 by September or October to enter kindergarten in the summer, and 6 to enter first grade. But in Hawaii, you enter first grade in the calendar year you turn six, kindergarten if you'll turn five by the end of December.

Answer 5

ok these are all the grades and all there ages elementary,junior high sames as middle school and high school>>>and no problem glad to help!!!!

Elementary

kindergarten = 5-6 yrs old

1st grade = 7

2nd grade = 8

3rd grade = 8-9

4th grade = 9-10

5th grade = 11

Middle school

6th grade = 12

7th grade = 13

8th grade = 14

High school

9th grade = 15

10th grade = 16

11th grade = 17

12th grade =18