Educational years

thumb|250px|upright|A kindergarten classroom

classification system for progress during formalized education

K–12 (from kindergarten to twelfth grade) is an English language expression that indicates the range of years of publicly supported primary and secondary education found in the United States and Canada, which is similar to publicly supported school grades before tertiary education in several other countries, such as Armenia, Australia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, the Philippines, South Korea, and Turkey. K–12 refers to the American system which affords authority to local intersectional "districts" which may be specific to a municipality, county, or several regions, depending on populat

thumb|150px|Freshman class artwork, from East Texas State Normal College's 1920 Locust yearbook A freshman, fresher, first year, or colloquially frosh, is a person in the first year at an educational institution, usually a secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational institutions.

thumb|150px|Sophomore class artwork, from East Texas State Normal College's 1920 Locust yearbook In the United States, a sophomore ( or ) is a person in the second year at an educational institution; usually at a secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational institutions. In high school, a sophomore is equivalent to a tenth grade or Class-10 student.

educational year group in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries

first grade in elementary school

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thumb|A pre-kindergarten playground

sociological term

student in the fourth year of study, esp. in the U.S.