Eighth Grade

Eighth Grade

Eighth (or 8th) grade (capitalized and called Grade 8 in Canada) is a year of education in several nations. Students are usually 13 – 14 years old. The eighth grade is typically the final grade before high school, and the ninth grade of public and private education, following kindergarten and subsequent grades.

Eighth grade is usually the third of three grades or the second of two grades of middle school, or the second of three grades or first of two grades in junior high school, although some systems mark it as the final year of elementary school and some as the second year of high school (in Quebec or Australia for example).