We are now accepting PreK applications

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To enroll into our PreK program, we are asking all families to first complete the PreK application. (The application window opens on 4/12)

Once the application is completed in its entirety, the district will review to determine eligibility.

Once accepted, families will be provided with information of our registration process.

*ECISD will give priority to students who meet the eligibility qualifications for a PreK program.

Ineligible students will be placed on a waitlist as their application is received.

ECISD will review space availability and will offer a tuition based PreK program to ineligible students.

Curriculum Overview: PreK 3?

Resumen del plan de estudios: prek 3?

Curriculum Overview: PreK 4?

Resumen del plan de estudios: prek 4?

Eligibility Requirements for PreK 3 and PreK 4

Requisitos de elegibilidad para PreK 3 y PreK 4

ECISD will give priority to students who meet the qualifications for a PreK program.  Ineligible students will be placed on a waitlist as their application is received.  Starting June 1st, ECISD will review space availability and will offer a tuition based PreK program to ineligible students.

Non-qualifying families can pay via PayPams or via check for 9 monthly payments or in one lump sum.

Cost: *See PreK & Daycare Tuition Fees

• Online credit card payment www.paypams.com

• Personal Check or Money Order sent to:              

ECISD

Chief Financial Officer Room 316

802 N. Sam Houston

Odessa, TX 79761

We will offer PreK 3 at the following campuses:       

Carver, Lamar, *Austin Montessori, YMCA

~For more information on the YMCA, please contact: Clara Brazell at 432-362-5437 or at Cbrazell@odessaymca.org

*Austin is a Choice School and requires a different application and process.

In addition to Carver and Lamar Early Education Centers, which are campuses for PreK only, the following elementary schools will offer full day prekindergarten:

ECISD will offer a Virtual Academy to all PreK 4 students who are interested.

* Austin, Cameron, Gale Pond Alamo, Hays, Milam, and Reagan are Choice Schools and require a different application and process.  

** Blackshear and Zavala are neighborhood Choice Schools which offer the opportunity for students outside of these attendance zones to apply for their Choice program.  

If you reside in a non-bilingual attendance zone and your student needs bilingual services, please complete a transfer application.

PreK 4:

Your address determines the PreK 4, elementary, middle school, and high school campus your child attends. 

Click here (School Site Locator) to enter your address and locate the assigned campuses. 

PreK 3: 

Click here (School Site Locator) to enter your address.

Once you locate your EE/PK campus on the School Site Locator (above), please refer to the Pre-K 3 Feeder to determine the PreK 3 campus that you are zoned to attend.

With the exception of Choice Schools, transportation is available to all students enrolled in a PK program if they live outside a 2-mile radius from their home.  Transportation will NOT be provided to PK students who attend a Choice School program.  For information on how to register for transportation, please visit our Transportation Dept webpage.

2021-22 District Registration Will Open on May 1st

*Upon acceptance through our Application Process, you will be contacted and provided with information of how to Register your child.

Please be prepared to upload/present the following documents when completing your child's registration:

• Student's Birth Certificate
• Student's Shot Record
• Student's Social Security Card
• Parent's ID
• Current Proof of Address

Birth Certificate and Social Security Card should be uploaded together as shown here.

2021-22 School Supply List Coming Soon!

If you experience any issues while completing the PreK application or registering your child, please call your child's school or Office of Student Admissions (432-456-8890) or by email.