✈️ Academic route
FROM🇨🇭 Switzerland→TO🇺🇸 United States
Switzerland Grade 4 / Year 4 to United States: education route
Compare Grade 4 / Year 4 in Switzerland with the corresponding school stage in United States, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
Switzerland describes this point as Primary level. United States describes the receiving stage as Elementary school · usually Grades 1–5 or 1–6. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.
DEPARTING STAGEPrimary level✈ARRIVING STAGEElementary school · usually Grades 1–5 or 1–6
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What crosses with the learner
Route point🇨🇭 Switzerland🇺🇸 United States
Current stagePrimary levelElementary school · usually Grades 1–5 or 1–6
Education authorityThe cantons hold primary responsibility for compulsory education; the Confederation and cantons coordinate upper-secondary and tertiary pathways.State and local education systems; there is no single national K–12 curriculum.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements
🧳 Preparation file
Bring these into the route
- Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
- School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
- Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
- Certified translations and language-learning history where requested
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