Preschool

For the 2024-2025 school year in California, including Contra Costa County, children eligible for preschool (typically 3 and 4 years old) must be born between the following dates:

  • 4-year-olds (Pre-Kindergarten/State Preschool priority):
    Children must be born between September 2, 2019, and September 1, 2020.

  • 3-year-olds (State Preschool, if space is available):
    Children must be born between September 2, 2020, and September 1, 2021.

These date ranges ensure that children are at least 3 years old by the time they begin preschool and that they haven’t yet turned 5, which would make them eligible for kindergarten instead.

Wait list application is available at the Preschool office at 1014 Florida Avenue, Richmond, CA. 8:00am to 3:00pm Monday through Friday.

Space is limited.


Transitional Kindergarten – TK

Who is age-eligible for Transitional Kindergarten (TK)? (Updated 26-September-2022)
  • In 2024–25, children are eligible for TK if they turn 5 between September 2 and June 2*,
  • In 2025–26, LEAs are required to make TK available to all children who will have their fourth birthday by September 1* of the school year.
  • *Inclusive of these dates

To apply, please visit https://enrollwcc.avela.org/signin, sign-up and submit an application online.

  These important dates include: 

  • October 1, 2024 – Open Enrollment (Round 1) Begins
  • February 17, 2025 – Open Enrollment (Round 1) Ends
  • March 3, 2025 – Schools will hold lotteries for On-Time applicants
  • March 3, 2025 – EnrollWCC bulk release lottery offers
  • March 31, 2025 – Families last day to accept/decline lottery offers

Grades K-8th

The application for the 2025-26 school year will open on October 1, 2024. To apply, please visit Enrollwcc.avela.org/signin, sign-up, and submit an application online before February 17, 2025. Round 2 of the application process opens on February 20, 2025.

Please get in touch with Laura Viveros at (510)235-2066 x107 (TK-1st) or Rosa Gonzalez (510) 235-2066 x102 (2nd-8th) for enrollment questions or concerns.

RCP has used the common application system for three years with other charter schools in West Contra Costa. For more information, visit www.enrollwcc.org


Priorities for Enrollment

When a public charter school receives more applications than space allows, a random lottery is held to determine which students will be enrolled. Each school’s lottery may differ in the way it prioritizes different types of applicants, in accordance with its school policies and California charter school law.

The following information will be used to prioritize applicants at Richmond College Prep Schools during the Round One student assignment process. No particular type of applicant is guaranteed admission, and all applicants are prioritized in the following way:

  1. Children attending our pre-school will have preference for kindergarten at RCP TK-8
  2. Children who are already enrolled in RCP TK-8
  3. Children living in the Santa Fe or Coronado neighborhoods
  4. Siblings of children already enrolled in RCP TK-8
  5. Children in WCCUSD’s jurisdiction