Kindergarten to 12 years of age.
America's definition of the education system up to and including 'junior high'.
I'd always understood this to mean "kindergarten up to grade 12", NOT 12 years old - e2 seems to agree with me http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=733796
One page links to K12:
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