K-12
Kindergarten through twelfth
K-12 refers to the full span of primary and secondary education in the United States, from kindergarten through twelfth grade—typically ages five to eighteen.
The term appears in discussions of educational policy, funding, and curriculum: K-12 education spending, K-12 students.
It distinguishes basic schooling from preschool and higher education.
Educational program's content plan
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- public schoolFree government-run education
- private schoolTuition-funded educational institution
- charter schoolIndependent school with public funding
classroom · teacher · student · principal · school district · homework · report card · PTA
Early schooling for youngsters
- first gradeOpening elementary year
- second gradeElementary school's third year
- third gradeSchool year for eight-year-olds
- fourth gradeElementary school's middle year
fifth grade · sixth grade · seventh grade · eighth grade · ninth grade · tenth grade · eleventh grade · elementary
Life's earliest phase
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- pubertySexual development stage
- growthIncrease in size
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
socialization · peer pressure · identity · coming-of-age · transition · milestones · cognitive development · social skills
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- public schoolFree government-run education
- private schoolTuition-funded educational institution
charter school · classroom · teacher · student · principal · school district · homework · report card · PTA · school board
kindergarten
Early schooling for youngsters
- first gradeOpening elementary year
- second gradeElementary school's third year
- third gradeSchool year for eight-year-olds
fourth grade · fifth grade · sixth grade · seventh grade · eighth grade · ninth grade · tenth grade · eleventh grade · elementary · middle school
childhood
Life's earliest phase
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- pubertySexual development stage
- growthIncrease in size
maturation · socialization · peer pressure · identity · coming-of-age · transition · milestones · cognitive development · social skills · playground
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- schoolsprimary school, school, college, academy, high school
- Basic Educationelementary school, primary school, grade school, kindergarten, preschool
- school termsfreshman, sophomore, junior, senior, homework
- academic levelskindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade
- education levelskindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, college
K-12higher education
Post-secondary academic training
postsecondary education · college · university · graduate school · tertiary education
K-12unschooling
Self-directed home education
homeschooling · informal education · self-directed learning · autodidacticism · apprenticeship