How to Apply

Learn more about applying for the 2025-26 school year!

Our enrollment team is here for you! We are now accepting applications for Pre-K to 10th grade for the 2025-2026 school year.


Transfer students, students with IEPs, and bilingual students are always welcome!


School in the Square is a network of free public charter schools serving families in Washington Heights, Inwood and the Bronx. We educate students in early childhood and elementary school (PreK to 5th grade), middle school (6th to 8th grade), and high school (9th and 10th grades in 2025, adding 11th grade in 2026 and 12 grade in 2027).


There is no cost to apply to or attend School the Square.


APPLY NOW

Apply Online

The quickest and easiest way to apply to any of our schools is online through SchoolMint.


Visit the link below to start your online application, or see below to complete a paper application.

Apply Online

You're Invited! Explore our campuses at an Open House

Early Childhood Center "Dos Amigos" (PreK & Kindergarten)

  • March 19 5-6pm


Elementary School "Dos Amigos" (1st-5th Grades)

  • March 27 5-6pm
RSVP for PreK-5th grade

Middle School (6th-8th grades)

  • Mar 19 4-5pm


High School (9th-10th grades, growing by a grade each year)


  • March 27 6-7pm
RSVP for 6th-10th grade

We invite you to explore our vibrant community of four campuses in Washington Heights and Inwood and see firsthand what makes School in the Square unique.


Our youngest learners benefit from our best-in-class dual-language program designed to empower bilingual thinkers, develop demonstrable competencies in English across our rich core curriculum and bridge cultures through daily 90-minute Spanish-language explorations, including regular field trips into the community and beyond.


Older students develop more maturity and independence as they take ownership for accomplishing at a higher level of challenge and deepen their academic skills. Acclaimed International Baccalaureate curriculum frameworks continue to reinforce the attributes of successful learners and responsible citizens while sports, clubs and arts experiences build on their interests.


No matter where you are on your educational journey, there's a place for you at School in the Square.

Download a paper application

Using the link below, you can download and complete a paper application.


Email your completed applications to enroll@schoolinthesquare.org


Or, mail your completed application to us or bring it in person to:


School in the Square

Attn: Enrollment

12 Sherman Avenue

New York, NY 10040

Download Application

Questions about Applying?

We are here to answer any questions you have about School in the Square, our program, or how to apply.


Call or text us at 201-897-2197


Send us an email at enroll@schoolinthesquare.org

Share by: