K-20

K–20 : in education policy, the span of a student’s schooling, from kindergarten through a graduate program.

This abbreviation extends the broadly-used K–12, used to denote the years of state-mandated, state-funded public school in the US. Compare:

• P–20: prekindergarten through graduate school
• K–20: kindergarten through graduate school
• K–16: kindergarten through a four-year college
• K–12: kindergarten through high school
• P–12: prekindergarten through high school