When did junior high school change to middle school?

[nanette1985]

Somewhere between when I was in school and my kids school years, there was a big change. I've gotten several answers - but they're all different.

So I'm asking the experts. Thanks.

 

[lokiju]

I've always called it middle school.

I'm 27 FWIW.

 

[MyThirdEye]

It's always been middle school here.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: amjohns5
It's always been middle school here.

 

[blurredvision]

Same here, it's always been middle school.

 

[PottedMeat]

For me - in NY Jr High School
- in TX Middle School

 

[nanette1985]

For those who say "always", how old are you?

 

[reeserock]

I'm almost 40 and most everything was junior high. Seems like the middle schools always started at 6th grade while the jr highs started at 7th.

Here's the differences:
http://middleschool.suite101.c...ool_versus_junior_high

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
For me - in NY Jr High School
- in TX Middle School

I went to school in Texas and it was called junior high, was 7th and 8th grade only.

 

[OhSnap688]

Because media is changing.... It's changing the names idea/concept in my opinion.

BUT over where I am there is only a Elementary, Middle School and HighSchool.

 

[MyThirdEye]

Originally posted by: princess ida
For those who say "always", how old are you?

16
10th grade

 

[xanis]

I've always considered it middle school. If it includes 9th grade, it's a junior high, and if it doesn't it's a middle school.

 

[microAmp]

The acronym for my middle school was PMS.

 

[Sumguy]

Always been middle school, but I'm only 18 so...

Must depend on the grades involved as others said. 6-8th (middle) or 7-8th/9th only (junior high)

 

[OhSnap688]

I'm 19 and I went through Catholic Schools so it was Grades 1-8 in one school. Then 9-12 at a High School.

 

[slsmnaz]

I went to MS (I'm 32)

 

[ViviTheMage]

wth is jr high?

elementary > middle > high school > college > grad > AND BEYOND!

 

[OhSnap688]

I do believe my mom went to a junior high school. That's when like the elementary school goes from 1-5 and 6-9 were Junior high School. That was in Puerto Rico though.

 

[Colt45]

K-8 = elementary
9-12 = high school.

no middle/junior/whatever you call it here.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: microAmp
The acronym for my middle school was PMS.

Mine was SPMS.

Always middle school here, too. I'm 24.

 

[Q]

Who cares.

 

[FoBoT]

it depends on where you are talking about
some places still have junior high school, but most places have switched to middle with a four year high school

my high school switched to including freshman when i was a senior in 1984

 

[CraKaJaX]

K-6 - Elementary
7-8 - JR HS
9-12 - SR HS

 

[Savarak]

k-2 elementary
3-5 grade school
6-8 jr high or middle school
9-12 high school

 

[FoBoT]

no, back in the day junior high was 7,8,9

when it was switched to middle school, it is 6,7,8 and the ninth grade was moved to high school