The Kindergarten Application for Fall 2025 is Open!
Have a child turning five years old in 2025?
Then great news: Beginning December 10, 2024, you can apply to New York City public elementary schools for the 2025–2026 school year!
Every City child born in 2020 is guaranteed a seat in an NYC public school kindergarten program. You can choose up to 12 options on your child's application. Here are some resources to help you decide which programs to apply to:
- Sign up to receive emails with the latest alerts, updates, and reminders about NYC Public Schools, including admissions events. Go to our Sign Up page (schools.nyc.gov/SignUp) now.
- Visit our Kindergarten page (schools.nyc.gov/Kindergarten) for the most up-to-date information about kindergarten admissions.
- Watch our "Elementary Admissions Video Series: Kindergarten" video series, embedded near the top of the Kindergarten webpage, to walk you through various stages of the application process, including how to create a MySchools account, search for programs, and submit your application.
- Read the 2025 NYC Public Schools Admissions Guide at the bottom of the webpage. Available in 10 languages, this book provides an overview of NYC's public school admissions processes and resources for all NYC public schools.
- Use MySchools (myschools.nyc) as your main tool for exploring and applying to kindergarten programs. After you create a MySchools account and log in, you can:
- Explore elementary schools and learn about their kindergarten programs. Did you know there are four program types that a school can offer, and that many of our public schools have more than one program?
- Find and register for in-person and virtual events listed in the MySchools events calendar, including open houses and information sessions. There are events in all five boroughs, and they are scheduled during mornings, evenings, and weekends to accommodate family needs.
- Finalize your choices and submit your child’s application! If you need to make changes afterward, you have until 11:59 PM on Friday, January 24, 2025, to update and submit again. Please note that only your last and final application will be used.
- Cue the confetti (literally, you’ll see this once you hit the “Send” button!)
We hope these tools and suggestions help make applying to kindergarten a smooth process for you and your family! On behalf of NYC Public Schools, we wish all our families success throughout this exciting time!
