Each kindergarten program has a certain number of available seats.The number of choices that you add to your child’s application AND the order in which you place them matter! Add up to 12 choices to your child’s application in your true order of preference.

Students get kindergarten offers based on four key factors: Your application choices How can you know your child’s chances of getting an offer from one of your favorite schools? It helps to start by learning how offers are made. Learn more about the G&T admissions process on our G&T page. Year-round, you can enter your address at or call 311 to find your school district and learn about any zoned school(s).Īll NYC children born in 2018 are guaranteed a kindergarten seat in a public school. However, please note that G&T seats are limited, and offers are based on eligibility. These districts are:ĭuring the application period, use MySchools to learn if you have a zoned elementary school. There are three districts in NYC where all the schools are nonzoned, and students living in these districts have priority to attend all schools in the district. Most non-zoned schools give priority to students who have older siblings attending, who are current pre-K students, or who live in the district. Families throughout the district or borough can attend them. Some zoned schools have room to make offers to children living outside of their zone. Most zoned schools make kindergarten offers to all students living in the zone.

Your zoned school, if you have one, is the school where your child is most likely to go to kindergarten. 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. There are two types of schools that you can add to your kindergarten application. Start exploring kindergarten programs around the time your child starts pre-K.

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