Early Entrance to Kindergarten
Applications for Early Entrance to Kindergarten are now closed. The application window was open from March 1 to April 1, 2026.
Families who move into the Bellevue School District attendance area between April 1 and August 15, 2026 may submit a late application in July.
To qualify for the July window, families must provide proof of new residency dated between April 1 and August 15, 2026.
Parent Information Session Recording
State and Bellevue School District guidelines require that students entering Kindergarten in the fall must be five years of age on or before August 31. However, a student whose birth date falls on or between September 1 and October 31 may enter kindergarten if they meet the early entrance requirements.
The early entrance process involves an objective evaluation of your student’s cognitive, fine motor skills, visual-motor integration, communication, and social/emotional development. To increase the likelihood that your student will be successful in their first year of school, they will be expected to meet standards approximately six months above their chronological age in all areas assessed.
Learn more about Early Entrance to Kindergarten (EEK) by reading Procedure 3110.1P.