Eighth grade

Eighth (or 8th) grade (capitalized and called Grade 8 in Canada) is a year of education in the United States, Canada, Australia and other nations an eight grader is called a "prea". 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 and final grade of middle school, or second and final grade of junior high, although some systems mark it as the final year of elementary school and some as the second year of high school (in Quebec, for example).

Coursework

International equivalents

In Ireland, the equivalent is 2nd year of secondary school.

In the Netherlands, Groep 8 (literally means "group 8") is the final year of primary school at about 11 in age. Intermediate/Middle/Junior High School is again entered in "de eerste klas" (1e klas). Eighth grade there is called de tweede klas (for 13–14 years olds) which literally means "the second class/year (in middle school)"".

In Australia, Year 8 is the second year of high school.

The New Zealand equivalent is Form 3 or Year 9 (Form 1 being Year 7 or Grade 6, and Form 2 being Year 8 or Grade 7), the first year of High School. Formal education continues until at least 16 dependent on the type of secondary school; which start counting anew at class-level 1.

Grade 8 is not equivalent to Year 8 (Form 2) in the English and Welsh school systems, which is for students 12–13 years old and is the second year of secondary school. Eighth grade is actually equivalent to Year 9 (Form 3). These children are aged 13 - 14.. In Scotland this year is called Secondary 2 or S2.

In the United Kingdom , 13-14 year olds are in Year 9 (secondary school), while in

Northern Ireland, 13-14 year olds are in year 10 or 3rd year (secondary school).

In France, eighth grade is equivalent to the third year of collège, the Quatrième or '4ème'.

In Brazil the minimum age required for eighth grade was recently changed from 12 to 13 years old.

In the Philippines, where a 10-year education program is in use, the equivalent of the eighth grade is the second year of high school, and students in this class are 13-14 years old.

In some parts of the United States and Canada, 8th grade is the first year of high school, a school in Newfoundland would be an example.

In Quebec, Eighth Grade is equivalent to Secondary II (French: 2^e Secondaire ("deuxieme")) or Secondary Cycle 1, Year 2.

In South Africa Grade 8 is the first year of High School, as there are no Middle Schools in the South African education system, it is also the first year after Primary School. Pupils (called learners by the Department of Education) are between the ages of 13 and 14.

In Mexico, Eighth grade is equivalent to the second year of middle school who are aged 13–14.

In Latvia, Eighth grade is equivalent to the last year of elementary School who are aged 14–15.

In Chile, Eighth grade is equivalent to 8° Básico the last year of Enseñanza básica who are aged 13–14.

In Italy, Eight grade is equivalent to what is referred colloquially as terza media or terzo anno delle scuole medie (officially Scuola secondaria di primo grado), and is the final year of Middle School.

In India and Pakistan, grade eight is one of the formative years in middle school. Students in grade eight fall into the age group of thirteen to fourteen years old.

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