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Yes, maybe 8?

Yes. With a group of friends starting as an upper grader/4th grade (so, 9-10 years old?) and if she doesn't have friends to walk with, I'd pick her up/drop her off. I wouldn't want her to walk completely alone.

She could now at almost 10 but I'm not comfortable with it.
I'm not sure I will be.
So, she and her sister are driven to school each morning. Just better piece of mind for mommy.

If they go to the school I'm thinking of, then yes, they'll be able to walk there without an adult, probably by 9 or 10.

I walked to school by myself starting in Kindergarten and ending as a senior in high school. There was a major highway crossing involved, but we had a crossing guard (the have recently built an underpass at that crossing so it is no longer an issue). It was a 15-20 minute walk. Assuming the neighborhood was safe, and there were similar road safety things involved, I would have no problem letting my LO walk to school!

My neighborhood had lots of kids around the same age, or with older siblings, so we would pick each other up along the way. I never once had any sort of safety issue. I was a little embarrassed in high school since I was the first to get a driver's license but wasn't allowed to drive since we lived within walking distance, ha.