Noun
ninth grade (plural ninth grades)
(US, education) The period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.
I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be. Scott Hamilton
I don't know what I'm doing in the next five minutes and she has the next ten years figured out. I'll worry about making it out of ninth grade alive. Then I'll think about a career path. Laurie Halse Anderson
According to a study by Achieve Incorporated, Texas is the first state to make a college-prep curriculum the standard coursework in high school, starting with this year's ninth grade class. Rick Perry
The ninth grade. I went from 5'9 to 6'8. Bubba Smith
At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut. Donna Rice
I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second. Kristin Lehman