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Our deadline to apply for kindergarten is in OctoberOur admissions season for the following fall begins in September with our Discover Countryside Open House. Applications for the upcoming school year will become available online in September.

An application for admission consists of:

  • parent tour or attendance at an admissions event to learn about the school
  • parent questionnaire
  • teacher recommendation
  • student questionnaire for applicants for grades 3-7
  • photocopies of the last year's and current year's report cards for applicants to grades 1-7
  • standardized test scores (if available, and not required for applicants to kindergarten)

Once the written application is reviewed, students for whom there is a potential opening will be invited for a small group visit (for kindergarten applicants) or to an individual visit in the classroom (for 1st through 7th grade applicants). We are unable to accept new students into 8th grade.

Applications are available starting in September for admission for the next school year beginning each August. We have three deadlines for applications with the earliest date being for Kindergarten (in mid-October) to our Middle School applications (rolling). See our calendar for exact dates.

All applications submitted by the due date are evaluated equally, without regard to "first come, first served." Applications submitted after the deadlines will be reviewed only if space remains available.

If there is no space available for a qualified student, we place them in a wait pool in case an appropriate opening occurs. The wait pool expires when the next admissions season begins.

Countryside does not form a wait pool prior to review of applications. However, we do maintain a list of interested families and their contact information, so that we can send invitations to information meetings and applications when available each fall.

Applications for financial aid should be submitted at the same time as the application for admission. Families will be notified of their aid award in the same packet as their acceptance. 

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Admissions Timeline:

Individual tours begin
Mid-September for kindergarten and early October for grades 1-7

Discover Countryside Open House
Sunday, September 27, 2026   2 p.m. - 4 p.m. (in-person)

Applications available online
mid-September

For applicants to Kindergarten

Discover Countryside Open House
Sunday, September 27, 2026   2 p.m. - 4 p.m. (in-person)

Personal Tours:
By appointment, beginning in mid-September

Applications for Kindergarten due
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Small group visit for Kindergarten
Saturday, October 24, 2026

Applications received after the deadline will be considered in our rolling admissions if space is still available

For applicants to 1st - 5th grade

Elementary Admissions Webinar
Tuesday, January 12, 2027  7 p.m. (virtual information meeting)

Applications for 1st - 5th grade due
Friday, February 5, 2027

Applications received after the deadline will be considered in our rolling admissions if space is still available

Student visits begin for 1st - 5th grade
mid-January for those whose application is already submitted

Decisions are sent 1-2 weeks after student visit

For applicants to 6th - 7th grade

Middle School Admissions Webinar
Tuesday, February 23, 2027  7 p.m. (virtual information meeting)

Applications for middle school due
rolling admissions

Student visits begin
February or as soon as your application is submitted

Decisions are sent 1-2 weeks after student visit

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Admissions Office


217.355.1253
admissions@countrysideschool.org

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