Noun: schoolchild (schoolchildren) 'skool,chI(-u)ld
- A young person attending school (up through senior high school)
"The bus was filled with noisy schoolchildren on their way home";
- school-age child, pupil, schoolkid [informal], schoolie [Austral, informal]
Derived forms: schoolchildren
Type of: spring chicken, younker [archaic], youth
Encyclopedia: Schoolchild