As I come from small school in the boonies of VT, I sometimes ask my wife for a refresher on what things like grade, grammar, and middle school are (I had elementary and then went next town over for Jr/Sr high). Blows my mind when she said some people don't meet everyone in their class (when I graduated with about 36 others).

What I don't understand is 3 grades need their own building but k-5 and 9-12 function with 4-6.