User blog comment:Toshi1412/Is 12 the new 16?/@comment-2128395-20100912080609/@comment-2128395-20100913033231

Define "fun"-- It's fun if you're a kid, there's plenty of outdoor activities to do. Once you hit the working age, stuff gets difficult because our economy is in the gutter. Kids don't have to take exams to get into school, but they do need to take yearly SATs to determine what their scores and aptitude are. We have a "No Child Left Behind" policy, so the learning curb is pretty easy. Some schools are K thru 6, but some are K thru 5, with middle schools being either 6 thru 8 or 7 and 8. This is all just public school, though. I'm not sure how academies and private schools go (although most private schools here are K-12) A 6th grader I believe is about 12, turning 13. So you could be in either elementary or middle school depending on what school you decide to attend.