What are all the school stages in america?

Question

from like kindergarten to all the stages in college and after that. it really confuses me and its all different in london.

Answer 1

elementary is grades 1-6 and kindergarten

middle school is grades 7-8

high school is grades 9-12

college is differen for everyone, but its usually four years unless you go to a 2 year college or are doing a masters which could take 6 years

its different in every state...im from connecticut

also, in high school and college you are called a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior depending on what grade youre in

Answer 2

Before my time (I was born in early 1940), once education in government (AKA: "public") schools progressed beyond first through eighth grades, usually in one-room schoolhouses, both three- and four-year high schools were instituted.

I understand that my father-in-law, born and raised in rural southern Ohio in 1899, attended a three-year high school (HS) in the early part of the Twentieth Century.  Before he graduated, his school converted to a four-year (or Class A) HS.  His wife, my mother-in-law, born in the earlier part of the Twentieth Century, in a southern Ohio city, as well as both of my parents, born in the earlier part of the Twentieth Century, in rural northeast Ohio, first attended one-room school, then after consolidation, attended elementary (AKA: grade) school, JHS, then four-year high (AKA: secondary school.

When I began first grade in 1946, there were no kindergartens, or pre-schools, in my rural farming community.  After the first six grades, we moved to the HS building, where we attended two years of Junior High School (JHS), then four years of HS, then graduated with a HS Diploma.

Sometime in the latter part of the decade of the 1950s, kindergarten became a prerequisite for entry into first grade.  Later on, pre-schools began to emerge, sometimes as a requirement for kindergarten, but more commonly because more married women were entering the workforce and needed somewhere to dump their pre-school children!

Besides the above, there are private schools, many, but not all, Catholic, Protestant or Jewish.  There are some charter schools; but I don't entirely understand the concept, beyond the desire of many parents to keep their children out of the clutches of the largest domestic terrorist organization and most powerful union, the National Education Assossiciation (NEA), if they cannot afford to home-school them!  The main purpose of Government schools these days seems to be to dumb-down our children so they'll more readily accept a Socialist, totalitarian, State instead of a representative democracy!  In the public education system there are also "Target" schools, which especially emphasize a skill or sport, etc.



At least by the early 1970s, vocational schools (for more intense training in various trades) began to replace the last two years of HS for those not planning to go on to college.  Middle Schools began to be formed to mostly (though not entirely) replace JHS, at least in more populated cities and suburban areas.  Some of these Middle Schools are comprised of Grades Six, Seven and Eight; others are comprised of Grades Seven, Eight and Nine.  After Middle School (MS) or JHS, then students attend three or four years of HS to obtain a HS diploma, although many students begin to drop out, if they are at least 16 or 17, their parents approve and they have jobs or want to enter the military service.

Business schools, schools of art and design, drafting schools (to learn technical drawing of blueprints and drawings for products, building and bridge design, etc.), dance schools, law schools, etc., existed as early at least as early as the beginning of the Twentieth Century.  Eventually, more and more technical schools began to be established.  Meanwhile junior colleges, or branch universities were formed, usually as satellites of major universities, to provide the first two years of education toward a four-year college degre for those who chose to start college closer to their parental home.  Then Community Colleges began springing up, to provide education for the two-year Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), or the three-year Diploma Registered Nurse (RN), which was usually handled and provided by hospitals (now mostly called Medical Centers); but a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (obtained at four-year colleges or universities), is becoming more and more common.

Many two-year Associate Degree programs were first offered at Technical colleges, then at many colleges and universities to become an LPN or an RN, physical therapist, etc.

Until the 1960s or 1970s, an engineering degree took five year to complete a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, then the time was reduced to four years, like most other undergraduate degrees.

Many universities offer Masters degrees and Doctoral degrees, as well as including Law schools, Optometry schools, Medical schools, School of Denistry, Nursing schools, Osteopathic Schools, etc.  In other words, a university includes more than one college, as well as Graduate schools and other professional schools.  A lot of the former technical schools, at least in the more rigorous professions, have now become community colleges.

In addition, there are Seminaries to train pastors, clergy and/or priests.  There are also schools to become a chiropractor, a podiatrist, a barber, a beautician, a massage therapist, etc.

Whew!  I think I have covered most of the schools!

My wife has taught three-year RNs in a hospital, two-year RNs in a college/university and State-Trained Nursing Assistant (STNA) classes in a Community College.  Many of her students are taking her class as part of their BSN/RN curriculum.

Answer 3

Elementary school is kindergarten through fifth grade

Middle School (some times known as Juniot High) is sixth grade thru eight

High School is ninth grade thru twelth

Then a person who qualifies goes to college

In college

First year you are know as Freshman

Second year as Sophomore

Third year as Junior

Forth/last year as Senior

Anything beyond graduation from college with a bachelors is graduate school