<p>Middle school, junior high school and intermediate school terminology are used in California. There is no significant definition for these terms. They just cover the grades between elementary and senior high school, in any combination of grades 6,7,8 or 9.</p>
<p>Some elementary schools are K-5 while others are K-6, and some senior high schools are grades 9-12 while others are grades 10-12.</p>
<p>In between are middle schools, junior high schools and intermediate schools.</p>
<p>I won't even confuse you further with charter schools, magnet schools, learning academies, learning communities, "small schools" and several other ways people describe public schools in California.</p>