✈️ Academic route
FROM🇺🇸 United States→TO🇰🇷 South Korea
United States Grade 7 / Year 7 to South Korea: education route
Compare Grade 7 / Year 7 in United States with the corresponding school stage in South Korea, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
United States describes this point as Middle school / junior high. South Korea describes the receiving stage as 중학교 · Grades 7–9. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.
DEPARTING STAGEMiddle school / junior high✈ARRIVING STAGE중학교 · Grades 7–9
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇺🇸 United States🇰🇷 South Korea
Current stageMiddle school / junior high중학교 · Grades 7–9
Education authorityState and local education systems; there is no single national K–12 curriculum.A national curriculum is implemented through metropolitan and provincial education offices; KICE administers the CSAT.
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
🎓 Practice the route
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Independent study tools sit beside the route while the official requirements remain above.
🔎 Also described as
moving from United States to South Korea for Grade 7 / Year 7United States Grade 7 / Year 7 in South KoreaUnited States to South Korea school transfer requirements