Editing Primary school (section)

===Elementary schools===
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Though often used as a synonym, "elementary school" has specific meanings in different locations.

* [[Elementary school (England and Wales)|Elementary schools]], also known as [[board school]]s, were first established in England and Wales by [[Elementary Education Act 1870]] ([[33 & 34 Vict.]] c. 75).<ref name="Gutek1994">{{cite book|author=Gerald L. Gutek|title=A History of the Western Educational Experience: Second Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Db35CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|date=14 December 1994|publisher=Waveland Press|isbn=978-1-4786-3010-4|page=203|access-date=16 April 2019|archive-date=2 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902064635/https://books.google.com/books?id=Db35CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of these schools became primary schools in the late 1940s, following the historic compromise in the [[Education Act 1944]].
* [[Elementary schools in the United States]] were first promoted in 1647 in the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.raceforward.org/research/reports/historical-timeline-public-education-us|title=Historical Timeline of Public Education in the US|date=13 April 2006|work=Race Forward|access-date=2018-02-08|language=en|archive-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703120257/https://www.raceforward.org/research/reports/historical-timeline-public-education-us|url-status=live}}</ref> Today, there are currently approximately 92,858 elementary schools (68,173 public, 24,685 private).<ref name="NCES">{{cite news |url=http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002130.pdf |title=Digest of Education Statistics, 2001 |agency=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=12 August 2017 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809090250/https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002130.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the United States, elementary schools usually have six grades with pupils aged between 5 and 11 years old.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Snyder|first1=Thomas D.|last2=Hoffman|first2=Charlene M.|title=Digest of Education Statistics 2001|date=2001|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|location=Institute of Education Sciences, Washington|page=7, fig. 1|url=http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002130.pdf|access-date=19 August 2017|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809090250/https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002130.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965]] was designed to fund [[primary education|primary]] and [[secondary education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoover.org/research/secretary-riley-reignites-math-wars|title=Secretary Riley Reignites the Math Wars|publisher=Hoover Institution |date=January 17, 2000 |first=Williamson M. |last=Evers |access-date=28 March 2018|archive-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329121149/https://www.hoover.org/research/secretary-riley-reignites-math-wars|url-status=live}}</ref> It also emphasized equal access to education and established high standards and accountability.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.k12.wa.us/esea/|title=Elementary and Secondary Education Act |website=Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction |access-date=28 March 2018|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326065033/http://www.k12.wa.us/esea/|url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Elementary schools in Japan]] were first established by 1875.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Establishment of Elementary Schools and Attendance|url=http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/html/others/detail/1317264.htm|department=Japan's Modern Educational System |publisher=Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan|access-date=12 August 2017|archive-date=20 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220074406/http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/html/others/detail/1317264.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In Japan, the age of pupils in elementary school ranges from 6 to 12, after which the pupils enter [[Middle school#Japan|junior high school]].