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Originally Posted by minminRW
＞Our high school begins at Japan's 中３年.
Oops, I did not know that. Thanks for your pointing out.
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No problem. School structure in the US is administered by each state separately. For example, Texas sets standards for Texas, etc. There are a few federal standards, but not many I think.
So there are different ways school is structured. In Texas, I think typically school is structured
Kindergarten (optional first year of elementary school)
Grade 1–5 Elementary school
Grade 6–8 Junior High / Middle School
Grade 9–12 High School
I have heard of other places that do something like
K–5 Elementary
6–7 Middle School
8–9 Junior High
10–12 High School
However, I think the K–5 | 6–8 | 9–12 structure is nearly universal in the States.
There are also terms like primary education, secondary education, tertiary/higher/post-secondary education, where I think "primary" is usually elementary, secondary is the rest, and post-secondary/tertiary/higher is university/college. There are a lot of terms, but the most common is to say kindergarten, Xth grade up through 12th, then college (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior for both high school and college are terms we use).
There's also optional pre-K (pre-kindergarten). It's basically 幼稚園 I think.
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