To Kill a Mockingbird: how old is Scout Finch really when she is writing all this?

In Lee Harper's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" how old is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch when she drops her lines on us readers? Perhaps someone knows by heart. I reckon I never finished the book but I am too lazy to read it all over again but it got to me once again the day Harper Lee died. I always thought she said something about "one year ago".... while she was writing in the present tense. She talks/writes like an adult with a rather high IQ - speaking grown up language throughout. Was she a child prodigy or just rendering her story decade(s) later? If someone can remember one's childhood in such vivid details it would explain for a lot.....and yes, I know Harper wrote it but I'm talking about Scout Finch, the protagonist. Just wondered whether or not I missed out on something from within this book. I will one day read it again I suppose.

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To Kill a Mockingbird: how old is Scout Finch really when she is writing all this?