Dallas ISD is expanding full-day Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 options across the district to ensure all eligible three- and four-year-old students are offered a seat at a campus or program near their home.

We encourage you to select your zoned neighborhood school as your first choice.  Beginning at your zoned neighborhood school in Pre-K will allow your child to build a strong connection with friends and teachers at their home school, and will lay the foundation for future success. However, students must live within the Dallas ISD boundaries, and must QUALIFY for Pre-K based on one of the eligibility requirements. 

Anyone who is eligible to take part in the national free or reduced-price school lunch program is also eligible to enroll in Pre-K. To confirm that your child is eligible, you’ll need to provide proof of income. Any of the following can be accepted as proof of income:

• SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) or Medicaid
• Paycheck stubs for every adult member of the household. If you work full-time (at least 40 hours per week), just the most paycheck stub is needed. If you work part-time, the two most recent stubs are required.
• If you are a business owner or self-employed, an IRS 1099 form can be used.
• If you are paid in cash, you’ll need to have your employer fill out an Income Verification Form.
• If you receive social security or child support as income, you will need to submit a court document or income statement showing the amount of income received.
• If any adult member of the household is unemployed or has no income, you will need to fill out a Verification of No Income form.

Other than age, the requirements to enroll in three-year-old Pre-K are the same as for four-year-old Pre-K. You will follow the same registration and enrollment process as four-year-old PreK.

Complete the online application and bring the required documents listed above to your local elementary school during school hours. (If you don’t know the address of your local elementary school, simply use the school zone finder.)

Seats are available, but space is limited. Register TODAY to ensure your child doesn’t get left out!

Enrollment is open throughout the school year. Visit your local elementary school or pre-k partner center during the school day for assistance with your registration. Registration is 100% online. Just visit www.prekdallas.org, complete your student registration and submit the required documents.

Please note that students are placed in pre-kindergarten classes on a first-come, first-served basis. The sooner your submit your registration, the greater the opportunity for your child to attend pre-kindergarten at your selected school.

Yes. Dallas ISD provides transportation to zoned home schools when space permits. Transportation applications are available at your local campus.

Yes. Dallas ISD will offer Tuition at all participating Pre-K schools.

Learn more about tuition-based Pre-K.

If your child was born in Texas, you can order a copy of their birth certificate online by clicking here. The cost of ordering a copy of a Texas birth certificate is $22.

A partnership site is a quality child care facility that has partnered with Dallas ISD to provide high quality education to your youngest scholars. Each participating classroom has a Dallas ISD certified teacher and the student is dual-enrolled with Dallas ISD.

For more information, please visit https://www.dallasisd.org/prekpartnerships or call the Pre-K Partnership Center Hotline at 972-925-6680