We have filled all 54 Pre-K seats for our current school year. If you would like to add your child to our wait list, please visit MySchools.
Who is eligible to apply?
Children are eligible to attend a free, NYC Universal Pre-K program the year they turn 4.
Children born in 2021 are eligible for free Universal Pre-K in NYC for September 2025.
Fall 2025 Pre-K Admissions Timeline
- Wednesday, January 15, 2025: Pre-K Application Opens
- Friday, February 28, 2025: Pre-K Application Closes
- Tuesday, May 13, 2025: Pre-K Offer Release
Get updates about admissions from the NYC Department of Education
Families can sign up to get information about key dates and events from the Office of Enrollment. Sign up for Enrollment Updates.
Please visit the DOE Enroll Grade by Grade webpage to learn about Pre-K admissions in NYC. Parents can research options and apply through MySchools.
How to apply
During the application period, families can apply one of three ways:
- Online with MySchools(Open external link). Apply online in English, Arabic, Bengali/Bangla, Chinese, Haitian Creole, French, Korean, Russian, Spanish, or Urdu.
- By phone at 718-935-2009. Interpretation services are available in more than 200 languages for over-the-phone applications. You can ask questions and request information about admissions in any language when you call.
- In person at a Family Welcome Center. An Enrollment Counselor can assist you in submitting an application.
Which schools are available?
Families can apply to any school across NYC. The Office of Enrollment makes every effort to place students based on seat availability close to their home. Find your zoned school by entering your address at schoolsearch.schools.nyc or calling 311.
Be aware that there is a PS 58 in every borough of NYC. Make sure you are applying to PS 58 The Carroll School (15K058) if you wish to add our school to your child’s application.
Enrollment priorities for Pre-K
Our school zone
Here is the current zone map. After looking at the map, it is highly recommended that you confirm your school zone by using the School Search tool at the DOE website. Or call 311.
- In NYC, priority for seat offers to a zoned school such as PS 58 is given to zoned children who have a brother or sister at our school.
- Next, seats are offered to other zoned applicants.
- In addition to residential priorities, we also offer priority based on a Diversity in Admissions program.
Diversity in admissions priorities
The diversity initiative gives priority for up to 30% of Pre-K and Kindergarten seats at our school to students who are:
- eligible for free or reduced price lunch
- live in temporary housing as described by the McKinney Vento Act
- are English Language Learners
- are residents of public housing (NYCHA)
Students in these priority categories do not need to live in our school zone. Within this group, residential priorities will be applied only if eligible applications exceed 30% of available seats.
Seat offers and wait lists
Families who apply by the deadline
Each spring, the Office of Enrollment sends seat offers to families who applied by the deadline.
Your child will automatically be placed on the wait lists of any schools or programs that you ranked higher than your offer. You will be able to see your child’s wait list status at your MySchools account. Please understand that waitlist positions are fluid and may change if new families apply after the deadline with higher priority for enrollment.
Families who missed the deadline
Families who miss the main round application deadline can still make an application and add their child to the wait lists of schools or programs. To do this, visit MySchools.