!!PRE-K / KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION INFORMATION !!

(2025 - 2026)

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ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS

All students enrolling in Valdosta City Schools, must reside within the Valdosta City limits with their parents or legal guardians, and meet the age requirements as established by state law.

Kindergarten and 1st Grade: Students entering the Georgia public school system for the first time must be five (5) years old on or before September 1st to enter Kindergarten and six years old on or before September 1st to enter first grade. If the student was a legal resident of one or more states for a period of two years immediately before moving to Georgia and who was legally enrolled in either a public Kindergarten or first grade or a private Kindergarten or first grade accredited by a state or regional association, would be eligible to enroll in Georgia schools, provided that the Kindergartner is five years old by December 31 or the first grader is six by that date.

Pre K- Georgia’s Pre-K Program is a state lottery-funded educational program for all age-eligible 4-year-old children in Georgia. The purpose of Georgia’s Pre-K Program is to prepare children for success in Kindergarten and later school years. Students must be 4 years old on or before September 1st and be residents of the state of Georgia. Students who are currently attending Pre-K in Valdosta City Schools do not need to register for Kindergarten.  

Valdosta City Schools offers open and nondiscriminatory enrollment. Children will not be denied participation in educational programs on the basis of race, color, or national origin (Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964); sex (Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and Title II of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1976); or disability (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990).

TO REGISTER ONLINE :

Parents are strongly encouraged to register using our online platform. To begin your Online Registration application, please click the following link:

24-25 School Year Online Application (Do not use this link to register for the 2025-2026 school year, a separate link will be provided once it becomes available)

Note: If you have previously submitted an online registration application for the current or next school year and you need to enroll another "NEW" student, you will need to log into your parent portal account and click the "New Student Online Registration" button to complete the application.

TO REGISTER IN-PERSON

Please click here to: schedule an appointment. The registration application and forms are available at the bottom of this page for downloading and printing or you may pick them up from our office. You must bring the completed registration application, associated forms, and the required documents with you to your appointment.

ADDRESS CHANGES

If you have moved and need to change your address, please complete the Change of Address form (bottom of page) and submit it to our office. You must provide two (2) proofs of your new address, Please see the "Required Document" section for acceptable proofs of residency