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A thought occured to me last night: before going to Hogwarts, do young witches and wizards have to go to muggle schools? Maybe to avoid suspicions? Or are they just hidden?
We all know most purebloods would absolutely hate that and would probably find a way out of it, like living in the occasional all wizarding community. What about muggle borns and the occasional pure blood family like the Weasleys that live in normal towns though? I don't think any of the Weasley's had to go to a muggle school because their house was practically in the middle of no where, but what about the people like Harry who grew up in a normal town? We know Harry went to muggle school because the Duresley's wanted to squish the magic out of him, but did others go to school as well? It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Hermione took the chance to go to a muggle school!

I agree. Muggle born students obviously went to muggle schools because they had no idea that they were witches and wizards. And other wizarding children probably were homeschooled. If they went to muggle schools until Hogwars, Ron would have been well aware of what a telephone was, even if he didn't have one at home.

I think that there are secret wizarding daycares for childen whose parents work, that would make sense, right? I mean, what with how hectic the ministry is during the day, surely they have some place for parents to leave their children.

And what about children whose parents teach at Hogwars? Do they live there, or do they have a nanny? Not that it ever came up in the books, because none of the teachers had kids. But some of them have to, right?

All Muggle-borns went to Muggle primary school unless their parents home-schooled them on Muggle subjects. Why wouldn't they? The parents of Muggle-borns weren't aware that their child had magical powers and would one day attend Hogwarts. Besides, it's illegal by Muggle law to keep young children from an education; they must be either schooled by their guardians or professional teachers.

As for pureblood/half-blood children, I think that it depends on the parents' wishes. Some would home-school them so they'd only learn magic, some would send them to a wizarding school/day care (those must've existed for families where both parents worked), and a rare amount would send them to Muggle primary school.

In one fan fic that I read, Harry and Hermione sent their children to Muggle school before they turned eleven since they'd both attended it and saw the value in it. I found it to be a feasible assumption that some Muggle-borns and half-bloods would do that...Plus, I loved the idea of Rose and Al getting Scorpius addicted to laptops! lol

As with all individuals and families being different, there are a plethora of different answers to this question.

Concerning muggle-borns:
They would follow the law of their country and receive, at minimum, the compulsutory education. Perhaps they were sent to preschool, perhaps they were homeschooled by government approved cirriculum, but really they would have to abide by the letter of the law until they receive THE letter (from Hogwarts).

Concerning half-bloods/blood-traitors/muggle-supporters:
I can see the value of a knowing witch or wizard sending their child to a muggle school. Perhaps they go to a public school. Perhaps they are sent to a posh private school. However there are things such as basic child development phases, learning to read, and learning basic mathematics, arithmatic, and geography that are of value whether or not you have magick in your blood.

Honestly, it is only the purebloods (and there are few, and growing smaller each generation while the half-blood population grows larger) that would put up a fuss about it. There may be certain 'private' schools where the headmaster knows that the true prerequisite is to come from a pureblood line, or somesuch. Or they would receive a mix of magical and standard (reading, 'riting, and 'rithmatic) education at home, somehow elluding muggle law, seeing as how they see themselves above it.