Pre-K
Contact Us:
208 Bull Street
Savannah, GA 31401
(912) 395-5582
Application
The Pre-K Lottery application for School Year 2025-26 closed on January 31, 2025. Lottery notifications will be released on March 7, 2025.
The Waitlist application will open on March 12, 2025.
Program Requirements
- Child must turn four years old by September 1, 2025
- Child must be a resident of Chatham County.
Lottery Procedures
Waitlist Process
If your child is placed on a waitlist from the lottery process, you will be contacted by email and/or phone call once a seat becomes available. You will have 24 hours to accept the seat.
Priorities
The lottery process is used to ensure that all families have a chance of being seated in a Pre-Kindergarten program. The lottery process is automated, and applications are submitted electronically. Once the application is submitted, an appropriate priority category is applied to students. Students applying to Pre-Kindergarten are eligible to receive Priority Preferences based on the following:
- Priority 1: SCCPSS Full time Permanent Employee’s Child with Parent working at the Pre-Kindergarten School - Children of full-time employees of the SCCPSS shall be allowed to be enrolled in the school in which a parent or guardian is a full-time employee.
- Priority 2: Zone School Priority - Priority is given to families who choose their zone school as their first choice on the application.
FAQs
- What is the age requirement for a student to enroll in Pre-K?
- If my child lives outside Chatham County, is he/she eligible to participate in the Pre-K program?
- If my child is age eligible for Kindergarten but did not participate in a state-funded Pre-K program, are they still eligible to enroll in Pre-K?