<p>In Mount Pleasant School District here in Silicon Valley, August Boeger Junior High School covers grades 7-8 because a grade 4-6 intermediate school feeds into it.</p>
<p>The name of the school has little to do with the grades covered.</p>
<p>The physical capacity of the school site, especially with older schools, determines the grades served. Mount Pleasant School District has two K-3 "elementary" schools, one K-4 "elementary" school, a grade 4-6 "intermediate" school and a grade 7-8 "junior high" school.</p>
<p>Oak Grove School District, also in Silicon Valley, has K-6 "elementary" schools that feed into grade 7-8 "intermediate" schools.</p>
<p>In Franklin-McKinley School District, K-6 "elementary" schools feed into grade 7-8 "middle" schools. There are also two K-8 schools.</p>
<p>The point is that there is absolutely no consistency in the way school districts use the terms "middle," "junior high" or "intermediate."</p>