The Elementary School Journal (ESJ) is a quarterly academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press that focuses on elementary and middle school education.

ESJ publishes articles dealing with both education theory and research and their implications for teaching practice.

The Journal also presents articles on research in child development, cognitive psychology, and sociology to school learning and teaching.

The journal changed to its present title in 1914 and has remained in publication since then.

[2] University of Chicago Press continued to publish the journal after the closure of the School of Education.