Kindergarten
Have a student starting kindergarten? We are excited for you to join the Dubuque Community School District!
Enrollment Info for the 2025-2026 School Year
If your student currently attends a FREE four-year-old preschool program at a district elementary school or participating community preschool:
➜ Current families do not need to complete an enrollment application. Please complete the Kindergarten Next Steps form linked below to let us know your plans for the 2025-2026 school year.
If your student does not currently attend a FREE four-year-old preschool program:
➜ Please complete an online enrollment application.
Kindergarten Enrollment for New Families
Important Dates for the 2025-2026 School Year
December 2024
➜ Kindergarten Sneak Peek Event
Students and families got a SNEAK PEEK of kindergarten life on Tuesday, December 3. Read more!
January 2025
➜ Kindergarten Enrollment for Current Families
If your student currently attends a FREE four-your-old preschool program at a district elementary school or participating community preschool, you do not need to complete an enrollment application. Watch your email for information on how to confirm your student’s enrollment in kindergarten for next year.
➜ Kindergarten Enrollment for New Families
Online enrollment application opens at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Spring 2025
➜ Kindergarten Welcome Event
Students and families are invited to a district-wide Kindergarten Welcome Event at their home school on Thursday, April 24, 2025, to meet school staff, see the building, and much more!
Summer 2025
➜ Annual Registration Verification for All Families
Kelli Buchenau
Enrollment Specialist
enrollment@dbqschools.org
563/552-3000
Check out the Kindergarten Readiness Brochure (PDF)
Remember that by Iowa Law, students enrolling in kindergarten MUST be five years old on or before September 15 of the school year they wish to enroll.
For the 2025-2026 school year, students must be age 5 on or before September 15, 2025.
Families wishing to have a student attend kindergarten at a school other than their home school may apply for in-district transfer between January 15 and March 1. For more information or to apply on or after January 15, visit www.dbqschools.org/in-district-transfer.