It begins around the age of three to prepare for the more didactic and academically intensive kindergarten, the traditional «first» class that school children participate in. Children usually start in kindergarten or grade one at the age of five or six and go up one grade each year until reaching grade 12 at the age of 17 or 18.
The 12 years following the kindergarten year are usually organized under what is known as the ‘5-3-4 plan’ where grades 1 to 6 are in elementary (primary) school, grades 7 to 9 in junior high or middle school and grades 10 to 12 in a (senior) high school.
The following is a Map of the U.S. Education System combining all patterns at the primary and secondary education level:
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