A Big List of 180+ School Words

Welcome the new school year with this list of over 180 school words.

There’s school vocabulary words grouped alphabetically and by theme. There’s school terms grouped by:

A to Z
school supplies
school subjects

Click on the following link if you’re looking for school spelling words.

School Words from A – Z

First, here is a list of school words in alphabetical order:

A

absent
academic
admission
agenda
alphabet
answers
arithmetic
Art
assembly
assignment
attendance
awards

B

backpack
Back to School
binder
Biology
blackboard
bookmarks
books
boys
bus

C

cafeteria
calculator
calendar
chair
chalkboard
Chemistry
class
classmate
classroom
college
colored pencils
computers
construction paper
correct
course
crayons

D

desk
detention
dictionary
diploma
Drama
dress code

E

education
elementary
English
enrolled
eraser
exam
excel
experiment

F

failed
flashcards
foreign language
French
friends

G

Geography
Geometry
girls
globe
glue (glue stick)
grade(s)
graduate
graduation
grammar
graph paper
group
guidance counselor
Gym

H

hall pass
Health
highlighter
high school
History
homeschooling
homeroom
homework

I

ink
instruction

J

janitor
junior

K

kids
kindergarten

L

language
Language Arts
laptop
learn
lesson
library
line up
literature
lockers
lunch
lunchroom

M

mark
markers
maps
Math
mathematics
memorize
middle school
Music

N

notebook
novels
numbers

O

office
oral presentation
outside

P

paint
paper
passed
pencil
pencil case
pencil sharpeener
pens
period
Physical Education
Physics
playground
preschool
presentation
primary
principal
private
project
protractor
public
pupil

Q

questions
quiz

R

reading
recess
ruler

S

scholarship
school
school bus
Science
scissors
seats
secondary
senior
sharpener
sixth
smart
snack
Social Studies
sophomore
Spanish
spelling
sports
staples
student
subject
substitute
study
summer school
supplies

T

tape
teach (taught)
teacher
test
thesaurus
track and field
tutor

U

underline
uniform
university

V

vocabulary
vocational school

W

watercolors
water fountain
whiteboard
words
work
writing

X

x-axis

Y

yard
year
youth

Z

zero
zoom

School Themed Word Lists

School Supplies

Here is a vocabulary list of common school supplies:

agenda
backpack
binders
books
calculator
chalk
colored pencils
combination lock
computer
construction paper
crayons
dictionary
eraser
Geometry set
glue
glue stick
graph paper
highlighters
laptop
notebook
oil pastels
paint
paper
pencils
pencil case
pencil crayons
pencil sharpener
pens
ruler
scissors
subject dividers
tape
thesaurus
water bottle
workbooks

Did we forget one? Let us know any school supply words we missed in the comments below.

School Subjects

The core school subjects usually include:

Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies

English or Language Arts classes or could be further broken down into:

Reading
Spelling
Writing

Math classes could be:

Algebra
Arithmetic
Calculus
Geometry
Pre-algebra
Statistics
Trigonometry

Science classes could include:

Biology
Chemistry
Physics

Social Studies could include:

Geography
History

Other common school subjects are:

Art
Computers
Drama
Foreign Language
- French
- German
- Spanish, etc.
Library
Music
Physical Education (P.E.)
- Health

Did we miss a subject? Let us know in the comments below. Lunch and recess don’t count lol.

Back to School Word Puzzles and Activities

Here are some fun printable back to school word puzzles and activities that use many of these school vocabulary words:

back to school word searches for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th graders
5th grade word search
6th grade word search
difficult back to school word search for elementary students ready for a challenge
back to school crossword puzzles for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th graders
back to school word scrambles
back to school fill in puzzles

Or try these back to school themed spelling words.