ninth grade
First secondary school year
Ninth grade is the first year of high school in the American educational system, typically attended by students aged fourteen or fifteen.
Students in ninth grade are called freshmen.
The term follows the pattern of numbered grades from kindergarten through twelfth grade: My daughter starts ninth grade in September.
First-year student
- high schoolUpper secondary institution
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- algebraMath using symbols
biology · world history · physical science · literature · civics · electives · core subjects · GPA
First-year student
- classmateFellow student
- peerOne of similar standing
- underclassmanFirst or second-year student
- upperclassmanJunior or senior student
sophomore · junior · senior · cliques · friendships · bullying · popularity · homecoming
Notable event marking progress
- matriculationFormal university admission process
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- progressionSequential forward movement
- middle schoolGrades 6-8 institution
high school · new beginning · adjustment · changing classes · new friends · coming of age · growing up · rite of passage
Sexual development stage
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- growth spurtPeriod of accelerated physical development
- acneInflamed skin condition
- bracesDental alignment devices
awkwardness · identity · self-discovery · peer pressure · insecurity · crushes · angst · body image
freshman
First-year student
- high schoolUpper secondary institution
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
algebra · biology · world history · physical science · literature · civics · electives · core subjects · GPA · semester
freshman
First-year student
- classmateFellow student
- peerOne of similar standing
- underclassmanFirst or second-year student
upperclassman · sophomore · junior · senior · cliques · friendships · bullying · popularity · homecoming · pep rally
milestone
Notable event marking progress
- matriculationFormal university admission process
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- progressionSequential forward movement
middle school · high school · new beginning · adjustment · changing classes · new friends · coming of age · growing up · rite of passage · first year
puberty
Sexual development stage
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- growth spurtPeriod of accelerated physical development
- acneInflamed skin condition
braces · awkwardness · identity · self-discovery · peer pressure · insecurity · crushes · angst · body image · self-esteem
- academic levelskindergarten, elementary, middle school, high school, graduate
- education levelskindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, college
- school levelskindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, pre-K
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, reading skills, teacher, pupil
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- school termsfreshman, sophomore, junior, senior, homework
ninth gradetwelfth grade
Final secondary school level
senior year · kindergarten · first grade · eighth grade · elementary school
ninth gradesenior year
Last year before graduation
twelfth grade · senior · upperclassman · graduating class · fourth year
grade, ninth, grading, nine, tenth, graded, eighth, grader, graders