school age
Speech parts
1. school age - Noun
2. school age - Adjective
Meaning
school age (not comparable)
Alternative spelling of school-age
school age (plural school ages)
(education) An age at which a child is required to attend school.
school-age (not comparable)
Being of an age during which attendance at school is customary.
He's no school-age child; he's in college now.
Alternative names
school-age
Examples
About 44% of secondary school-age children attend junior high school, and some others of this age group attend vocational schools.
According to the legendary artist, the free SHS has lifted the financial burden on him because he was paying school fees for a number of children of school age in the country.
According to results from a 2010 study, citation higher levels of exposure to manganese in drinking water are associated with increased intellectual impairment and reduced intelligence quotients in school-age children.
After marrying John B. Kelly in 1924, Margaret focused on being a housewife until all her children were of school age, following which she began actively participating in various civic organizations.
All those affected were young males of between the ages of 13 and 30. Though some of them were newly-weds, some with very young families; others were mostly school-age boys who were hired to harvest on the farm for some fee.
As a last resort, enrollment of the child in a course of catechetical instruction on reaching school age can be offered in lieu of immediate celebration of baptism.