Do students in america transfer to new schools after 10th grade?

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1. It varies a bit from school to school, and I’m sure there are some school districts that do that, but it isn’t the norm.

   In my area, the standard was elementary school K-5, middle school 6-8, and high school 9-12

2. No. High school is 9-12 grade across most of the country.

3. Generally no. High school is 9-12 in almost all parts of the country.

   You may attend a school that is a Middle and High in one (meaning grades 6-12 are taught) but generally speaking when this happens the 6-8 grades are in a different part of the building, or in a different building altogether than the 9-12 grades are.

   Same goes for a K-12.

4. I think I’ve seen a few high schools go from 10-12, but they’re more the exception than the norm

5. Generally no, my district was k-5, 6-8, and 9-12. I’m fairly certain this is pretty typical, but it can vary.

6. High school starts in 9th grade, but depending on how many kids there are of each age and the size of buildings and such, it can vary.

   Where I grew up it was K-4 elementary, 5-7 middle, 8-9 intermediate, 9-12 high school.

   Some places would designate those last two as “junior high” and “senior high” if they had that split.

   But it was just because the high school was built for Gen X, and then there were too many kids once the millennials hit, so they had to take 9th grade out of the high school and move them down with the 8th graders. Nowadays, the high school has had an addition put on (including another floor, I think?), so 9-12 are all in one building.

7. My high school was 10-12.

   I have seen one that was 11 and 12. I’m not sure what they called it.

8. There are tons of school districts and they are all different.

   In the school district I live in now, elementary is through 5th grade, middle is 6-8th grades, and high school is 9-12th grades.

   In the school district I grew up in, 60 miles away in the same state, elementary was through 4th grade, intermediate was 5th and 6th grade, middle school was 7th and 8th grade, 9th grade was a whole separate school and high school was 10th, 11th and 12th.

   One school district between here and there has elementary through 6th, 7th-9th is junior high, and 10th-12th is high school.

   Another school district just north of here has elementary through 8th grade, and high school is 9th through 12th.

   America does not have one school system. It has thousands.

9. No but around that age you can decide if you want to drop out of school entirely.