middle schooler
Sixth-grade attendee
A middle schooler is a student attending middle school, typically ages 11-14 in the United States.
The term covers grades six through eight, the awkward transition between elementary and high school: Middle schoolers can be dramatic about everything.
The age group is associated with puberty, social hierarchies, and emotional volatility.
- preteenChild approaching adolescence
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- teenagerPerson aged thirteen-nineteen
- growth spurtPeriod of accelerated physical development
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
junior high · homework · group project · passing notes · cliques · identity formation · coming-of-age stories · recess · puberty · cafeteria · lunch table · awkward · learner · peer pressure · first crush · locker · social media · gym class
- youthchild, adolescents, kid, coming-of-age, teenagers
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- preteenstween, eleven year old, twelve year old, ten year old, sixth grader
- childrenkids, toddler, baby, infant, youngster
- teensteenagers, teen, teens, teenager, adolescents
middle schoolercollege student
university student · graduate student · high schooler · elementary schooler · kindergartner
school, middle, midpoint, middling, middles, midlife, schooler, midsized, middler