Kindergarten Entry Age

Note: Individuals interested in the kindergarten entry age for a specific town should also call the superintendent's office in that town to be certain the date is still accurate.

Districts
Charter Districts

District	Kindergarten Starting Age
Abington	Age 5 as of August 31
Acton-Boxborough	Age 5 as of September 1
Acushnet	Age 5 as of September 4
Agawam	Age 5 as of September 1
Amesbury	Age 5 as of September 5
Amherst	Age 5 as of September 1
Amherst-Pelham	N/A
Andover	Age 5 as of August 31
Arlington	Age 5 as of August 31
Ashburnham-Westminster	Age 5 as of August 31
Ashland	Age 5 as of September 6
Athol-Royalston	Age 5 as of August 31
Attleboro	Age 5 as of September 7
Auburn	Age 5 as of September 1
Avon	Age 5 as of August 31
Ayer Shirley School District	Age 5 as of September 1
Barnstable	Age 5 as of September 1
Bedford	Age 5 as of September 6
Belchertown	Age 5 as of August 31
Bellingham	Age 5 as of August 31
Belmont	Age 5 as of September 1
Berkley	Age 5 as of September 1
Berkshire Hills	Age 5 as of September 1
Berlin-Boylston	Age 5 as of September 1
Beverly	Age 5 as of August 31
Billerica	Age 5 as of August 31
Blackstone-Millville	Age 5 as of August 15
Boston	Age 5 as of September 1
Bourne	Age 5 as of September 1
Boxford	Age 5 as of September 1
Braintree	Age 5 as of August 31
Brewster	Age 5 as of September 1
Bridgewater-Raynham	Age 5 as of August 31
Brimfield	Age 5 as of August 31
Bristol County Agricultural	N/A
Brockton	Age 5 as of December 31
Brookfield	Age 5 as of August 31
Brookline	Age 5 as of August 31
Burlington	Age 5 as of September 5
Cambridge	Age 5 as of August 31
Canton	Age 5 as of September 1
Carlisle	Age 5 as of September 1
Carver	Age 5 as of September 1
Central Berkshire	Age 5 as of September 1
Chelmsford	Age 5 as of August 31
Chelsea	Age 5 as of August 31
Chesterfield-Goshen	Age 5 as of September 1
Chicopee	Age 5 as of September 1
Clarksburg	Age 5 as of August 31
Clinton	Age 5 as of September 6
Cohasset	Age 5 as of September 9
Concord	Age 5 as of August 31
Concord-Carlisle	N/A
Conway	Age 5 as of September 1
Danvers	Age 5 as of September 3
Dartmouth	Age 5 as of August 31
Dedham	Age 5 as of September 1
Deerfield	Age 5 as of September 1
Dennis-Yarmouth	Age 5 as of August 31
Dighton-Rehoboth	Age 5 as of September 1
Douglas	Age 5 as of September 1
Dover	Age 5 as of September 1
Dover-Sherborn	N/A
Dracut	Age 5 as of August 31
Dudley-Charlton Reg	Age 5 as of August 31
Duxbury	Age 5 as of September 2
East Bridgewater	Age 5 as of August 31
East Longmeadow	Age 5 as of September 1
Eastham	Age 5 as of September 1
Easthampton	Age 5 as of September 4
Easton	Age 5 as of August 31
Edgartown	Age 5 as of September 7
Erving	Age 5 as of September 1
Everett	Age 5 as of August 31
Fairhaven	Age 5 as of August 31
Fall River	Age 5 as of September 1
Falmouth	Age 5 as of August 31
Farmington River Reg	Age 5 as of August 29
Fitchburg	Age 5 as of September 1
Florida	Age 5 as of August 29
Foxborough	Age 5 as of August 31
Framingham	Age 5 as of September 1
Franklin	Age 5 as of August 31
Freetown-Lakeville	Age 5 as of August 31
Frontier	N/A
Gardner	Age 5 as of August 31
Gateway	Age 5 as of September 1
Georgetown	Age 5 as of August 31
Gill-Montague	Age 5 as of August 31
Gloucester	Age 5 as of August 31
Gosnold	Age 5 as of August 31
Grafton	Age 5 as of August 27
Granby	Age 5 as of August 31
Greater Commonwealth Virtual District	Age 5 as of August 21
Greenfield	Age 5 as of September 1
Groton-Dunstable	Age 5 as of August 28
Hadley	Age 5 as of August 31
Halifax	Age 5 as of September 1
Hamilton-Wenham	Age 5 as of September 1
Hampden-Wilbraham	Age 5 as of September 1
Hampshire	N/A
Hancock	Age 5 as of September 1
Hanover	Age 5 as of September 1
Harvard	Age 5 as of September 1
Hatfield	Age 5 as of September 1
Haverhill	Age 5 as of August 31
Hawlemont	Age 5 as of August 31
Hingham	Age 5 as of August 31
Holbrook	Age 5 as of August 31
Holland	Age 5 as of August 31
Holliston	Age 5 as of August 29
Holyoke	Age 5 as of September 1
Hoosac Valley Regional	Age 5 as of August 31
Hopedale	Age 5 as of August 31
Hopkinton	Age 5 as of September 1
Hudson	Age 5 as of September 1
Hull	Age 5 as of September 1
Institutional Schools	N/A
Ipswich	Age 5 as of August 31
King Philip	N/A
Kingston	Age 5 as of September 1
Lawrence	Age 5 as of September 1
Lee	Age 5 as of August 25
Leicester	Age 5 as of September 6
Lenox	Age 5 as of September 1
Leominster	Age 5 as of September 5
Leverett	Age 5 as of September 1
Lexington	Age 5 as of August 31
Lincoln	Age 5 as of October 1
Lincoln-Sudbury	N/A
Littleton	Age 5 as of September 1
Longmeadow	Age 5 as of August 31
Lowell	Age 5 as of September 1
Ludlow	Age 5 as of September 5
Lunenburg	Age 5 as of September 3
Lynn	Age 5 as of September 1
Lynnfield	Age 5 as of September 1
Ma Academy for Math and Science	N/A
Malden	Age 5 as of September 1
Manchester Essex Regional	Age 5 as of August 28
Mansfield	Age 5 as of September 1
Marblehead	Age 5 as of August 31
Marion	Age 5 as of September 1
Marlborough	Age 5 as of August 31
Marshfield	Age 5 as of August 31
Martha's Vineyard	Age 5 as of October 1
Masconomet	N/A
Mashpee	Age 5 as of September 1
Mattapoisett	Age 5 as of September 1
Maynard	Age 5 as of September 2
Medfield	Age 5 as of August 31
Medford	Age 5 as of August 31
Medway	Age 5 as of August 31
Melrose	Age 5 as of September 3
Mendon-Upton	Age 5 as of August 28
Methuen	Age 5 as of September 1
Middleborough	Age 5 as of September 1
Middleton	Age 5 as of September 1
Milford	Age 5 as of August 31
Millbury	Age 5 as of August 31
Millis	Age 5 as of August 31
Milton	Age 5 as of September 6
Mohawk Trail	Age 5 as of August 31
Monomoy Regional School District	Age 5 as of September 1
Monson	Age 5 as of August 30
Mount Greylock	Age 5 as of September 1
Nahant	Age 5 as of August 31
Nantucket	Age 5 as of September 8
Narragansett	Age 5 as of August 31
Nashoba	Age 5 as of September 1
Natick	Age 5 as of August 31
Nauset	N/A
Needham	Age 5 as of August 31
New Bedford	Age 5 as of August 31
New Salem-Wendell	Age 5 as of September 1
Newburyport	Age 5 as of September 1
Newton	Age 5 as of August 31
Norfolk	Age 5 as of August 31
Norfolk County Agricultural	N/A
North Adams	Age 5 as of August 31
North Andover	Age 5 as of August 31
North Attleborough	Age 5 as of August 31
North Brookfield	Age 5 as of September 1
North Middlesex	Age 5 as of August 29
North Reading	Age 5 as of August 31
Northampton	Age 5 as of August 31
Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural	N/A
Northboro-Southboro	N/A
Northborough	Age 5 as of August 31
Northbridge	Age 5 as of August 27
Norton	Age 5 as of August 31
Norwell	Age 5 as of September 8
Norwood	Age 5 as of August 31
Oak Bluffs	Age 5 as of September 1
Old Rochester	N/A
Orange	Age 5 as of September 13
Orleans	Age 5 as of September 1
Oxford	Age 5 as of August 31
Palmer	Age 5 as of September 1
Peabody	Age 5 as of September 1
Pelham	Age 5 as of September 1
Pembroke	Age 5 as of September 1
Pentucket	Age 5 as of August 29
Petersham	Age 5 as of September 1
Pioneer Valley	Age 5 as of September 1
Pittsfield	Age 5 as of September 1
Plainville	Age 5 as of August 31
Plymouth	Age 5 as of September 1
Plympton	Age 5 as of September 1
Provincetown	Age 5 as of September 1
Quabbin	Age 5 as of August 28
Quaboag Regional	Age 5 as of September 1
Quincy	Age 5 as of August 31
Ralph C Mahar	N/A
Randolph	Age 5 as of August 31
Reading	Age 5 as of August 31
Revere	Age 5 as of August 31
Richmond	Age 5 as of September 1
Rochester	Age 5 as of September 1
Rockland	Age 5 as of August 31
Rockport	Age 5 as of August 28
Rowe	Age 5 as of August 31
Salem	Age 5 as of August 31
Sandwich	Age 5 as of September 13
Saugus	Age 5 as of August 31
Savoy	Age 5 as of August 31
Scituate	Age 5 as of September 1
Seekonk	Age 5 as of August 31
Sharon	Age 5 as of August 31
Sherborn	Age 5 as of September 1
Shrewsbury	Age 5 as of August 31
Shutesbury	Age 5 as of September 1
Silver Lake	N/A
Somerset	Age 5 as of September 1
Somerset Berkley Regional School District	N/A
Somerville	Age 5 as of September 3
South Hadley	Age 5 as of August 31
Southampton	Age 5 as of September 1
Southborough	Age 5 as of August 31
Southbridge	Age 5 as of December 31
Southern Berkshire	Age 5 as of December 31
Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District	Age 5 as of September 1
Spencer-E Brookfield	Age 5 as of August 29
Springfield	Age 5 as of September 1
Stoneham	Age 5 as of August 31
Stoughton	Age 5 as of September 6
Sturbridge	Age 5 as of August 31
Sudbury	Age 5 as of September 1
Sunderland	Age 5 as of September 1
Sutton	Age 5 as of September 1
Swampscott	Age 5 as of September 1
Swansea	Age 5 as of August 31
TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District	Age 5 as of September 1
Tantasqua	N/A
Taunton	Age 5 as of August 31
Tewksbury	Age 5 as of August 31
Tisbury	Age 5 as of September 1
Topsfield	Age 5 as of September 1
Triton	Age 5 as of September 1
Truro	Age 5 as of September 1
Tyngsborough	Age 5 as of September 1
Up-Island Regional	Age 5 as of September 1
Uxbridge	Age 5 as of August 31
Wachusett	Age 5 as of August 28
Wakefield	Age 5 as of August 31
Wales	Age 5 as of August 31
Walpole	Age 5 as of September 6
Waltham	Age 5 as of September 1
Ware	Age 5 as of September 1
Wareham	Age 5 as of August 31
Warwick	N/A
Watertown	Age 5 as of August 31
Wayland	Age 5 as of August 31
Webster	Age 5 as of August 31
Wellesley	Age 5 as of September 1
Wellfleet	Age 5 as of September 1
West Boylston	Age 5 as of August 31
West Bridgewater	Age 5 as of August 31
West Springfield	Age 5 as of September 1
Westborough	Age 5 as of September 1
Westfield	Age 5 as of September 4
Westford	Age 5 as of September 1
Westhampton	Age 5 as of September 1
Weston	Age 5 as of September 4
Westport	Age 5 as of September 6
Westwood	Age 5 as of September 1
Weymouth	Age 5 as of August 31
Whately	Age 5 as of September 1
Whitman-Hanson	Age 5 as of August 30
Williamsburg	Age 5 as of September 1
Wilmington	Age 5 as of September 4
Winchendon	Age 5 as of September 8
Winchester	Age 5 as of September 5
Winthrop	Age 5 as of September 1
Woburn	Age 5 as of September 1
Worcester	Age 5 as of December 31
Worthington	Age 5 as of September 15
Wrentham	Age 5 as of August 31

Charter District	Kindergarten Starting Age
Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public (District)	Age 5 as of August 27
Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public (District)	N/A
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter (District)	N/A
Alma del Mar Charter School (District)	Age 5 as of September 1
Argosy Collegiate Charter School (District)	N/A
Atlantis Charter (District)	Age 5 as of September 1
Baystate Academy Charter Public School (District)	N/A
Benjamin Banneker Charter Public (District)	Age 4 as of August 28
Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public (District)	Age 5 as of August 31
Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public (District)	N/A
Boston Collegiate Charter (District)	N/A
Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter (District)	N/A
Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School (District)	N/A
Boston Preparatory Charter Public (District)	N/A
Boston Renaissance Charter Public (District)	Age 4 as of September 1
Bridge Boston Charter School (District)	Age 4 as of August 29
Brooke Charter School (District)	Age 5 as of August 10
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District)	N/A
Christa McAuliffe Charter School (District)	N/A
City on a Hill Charter Public School (District)	N/A
Codman Academy Charter Public (District)	Age 4 as of September 1
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District)	Age 5 as of September 1
Community Charter School of Cambridge (District)	N/A
Community Day Charter Public School (District)	Age 4 as of August 27
Conservatory Lab Charter (District)	Age 5 as of September 10
Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School (District)	Age 4 as of September 1
Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann Charter Public School (District)	N/A
Excel Academy Charter (District)	N/A
Four Rivers Charter Public (District)	N/A
Foxborough Regional Charter (District)	Age 5 as of September 3
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District)	N/A
Global Learning Charter Public (District)	N/A
Hampden Charter School of Science (District)	N/A
Hill View Montessori Charter Public (District)	Age 5 as of August 31
Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public (District)	Age 5 as of September 1
Holyoke Community Charter (District)	Age 5 as of August 29
Innovation Academy Charter (District)	N/A
KIPP Academy Boston Charter School (District)	Age 5 as of August 18
KIPP Academy Lynn Charter (District)	N/A
Lawrence Family Development Charter (District)	Age 4 as of August 30
Learning First Charter Public School (District)	Age 5 as of December 31
Libertas Academy Charter School (District)	N/A
Lowell Community Charter Public (District)	Age 4 as of August 26
Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter (District)	N/A
Map Academy Charter School (District)	N/A
Marblehead Community Charter Public (District)	N/A
Martha's Vineyard Charter Public School (District)	Age 5 as of September 3
Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence (District)	Age 5 as of September 1
Match Charter Public School (District)	Age 5 as of September 1
Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District)	Age 5 as of August 24
Neighborhood House Charter (District)	Age 4 as of September 1
New Heights Charter School of Brockton (District)	N/A
Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School (District)	Age 5 as of August 31
Phoenix Academy Charter Public High School, Chelsea (District)	N/A
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School, Lawrence (District)	N/A
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School, Springfield (District)	N/A
Pioneer Charter School of Science (District)	N/A
Pioneer Charter School of Science II (District)	N/A
Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter (District)	Age 5 as of September 1
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District)	N/A
Prospect Hill Academy Charter (District)	Age 5 as of August 30
Rising Tide Charter Public (District)	N/A
River Valley Charter (District)	Age 5 as of August 27
Roxbury Preparatory Charter (District)	N/A
Salem Academy Charter (District)	N/A
Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential (District)	N/A
South Shore Charter Public (District)	Age 5 as of August 31
Springfield International Charter (District)	Age 5 as of September 1
Springfield Preparatory Charter School (District)	Age 5 as of September 1
Sturgis Charter Public (District)	N/A
UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester (District)	Age 4 as of August 27
Veritas Preparatory Charter School (District)	N/A
Worcester Cultural Academy Charter Public School (District)	N/A

Last Updated: January 22, 2025