STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City kindergarten application process for the 2024-2025 school year opens Tuesday.
To apply for kindergarten, your child must be a current New York City resident who was born in 2019.
In New York City, children enter kindergarten in the fall of the calendar year they turn 5 years old, and they are guaranteed a seat at a public school. Once your child starts kindergarten, they can remain at the same school until its final elementary grade.
SUBMIT AN APPLICATION
Admission is open to all students born in 2019, including current pre-kindergarten students at public schools, Pre-K Centers, NYC Early Education Centers, charter schools and private and parochial schools.
Once the application period opens, you can apply to kindergarten.
You can submit your application one of the following three ways:
- Online with MySchools.
- Through your school counselor
- Through a Family Welcome Center
Choose up to 12 kindergarten programs that you’d like your child to attend and add these programs to their kindergarten application. Order these school choices in the application in your order of preference, with your favorite school at the top as #1.
Kindergarten admissions are not first come, first served. All applications submitted online, by phone, or in person by the deadline will be treated the same based on admissions priorities, according to the city Department of Education.
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
There are two types of schools you can add to your kindergarten application.
Zoned Schools: Most NYC families have a zoned school, which means they live in an area zoned for a specific school, and their children have priority to attend it. Your zoned school, if you have one, is the school where your child is most likely to go to kindergarten. Most zoned schools make kindergarten offers to all students living in the zone. Some zoned schools have room to make offers to children living outside the zone. Please note that your zoned school may not be the school that is…
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