A very quick query about American school grades/ages...

Hello on this drizzly Sunday evening!

Pretty please could someone quickly confirm (or correct) my research on US school grades:

Child 1 was born in June 2006, and would currently be in fifth grade?
Child 2 was born in February 2009, and would currently be in second grade?

Assuming the above is correct I can work out the rest. The other story I'm plotting which is set in my local town and the surrounding countryside is using considerably less brainpower - haha!

Thanks in anticipation,

LPH.

Oooh! Cheers for such a speedy reply!

So could Child 1 be in fourth grade instead? I did read that there can be slight variations depending on what state you live in, so went for what seemed to be the most common!

It's only mentioned in passing and the most I'd say is that she's ten years old. As a June baby would she not scrape into the older grade? In the UK our school year runs from 1st September to 31st August; in my year I had one friend born on 3rd September and another born the best part of 51 weeks later on 27th August!

I've checked for that school district and they start middle school in sixth grade, so if writing the story gets delayed and she ends up a year older (i.e. it's now September 2017) she wouldn't be at the local elementary school with her younger brother if she's in fifth grade now.

Like I said, it's a very minor part of the story, but I like to have the little details correct! #AnallyRetentive

The last time we "met" the children, the girl had just turned three and the boy was a baby.

She was into drawing and animals back then, so I now imagine her to like painting, crafty stuff, knitting, baking and looking after her pets. She's intelligent and favours English and art over math(s) and science. I don't imagine her being competitive or any great sporting star (no offence to the kid!), although she could be a fairly good middle-distance runner. Not sure whether this would make them want to keep her down a grade?

He was always a docile baby and I now think of him as quite a laid back child; perfectly capable, but has no sense of urgency. There's nothing "wrong" with him, it's just his nature. He's more scientific, loves Lego and would rather go hiking/camping with his dad than participate in school-based sporty stuff. Being a February baby, I assume there's less chance of him being kept down a grade?

I'll probably make her 5th grade for now, so that if I set the story in August-September 2017 I can have her starting at middle school.

Cheers, y'all.

Thanks for the extra info. I'm going to imagine she's currently fifth grade, so if I set the story a year or so into the future she can be starting middle school.