Frequently asked questions
about admissssion to The Post Oak School

For current admission status, please see our admission overview. Our admission cycle begins after Labor Day and ends in mid-January: see these important dates. Feel free to contact the school to make an appointment for a tour.

We generally have a wait pool of applicants for our Infant Community. As children move up into the Primary level, spaces become available. Applicants are chosen from that wait pool using factors such as whether the child is a sibling, the number of parent-education hours completed, and age and gender of the applicant.

We will welcome visitors, beginning after Labor Day. Please contact the school to schedule a school tour.

See our tuition page for the most current tuition and fees.

Each of our three Infant Communities (14 months to 3 years) has twelve children: two classes are half-day and one full-day. Each of our six Primary classes (3-6 years) has from 25-29 children (leaving room for mid-year move-ups from Infant Community). Most Primary children are half-day but we can accommodate up to 35 children in before- and after-care.

This number varies, and depends upon how many Infant Community students move to Primary during the school year.

For Infant Community, the ratio is 1:6. Primary and Elementary classes have a 1:14 ratio, and Middle School 1:9.  Each of our classes at all levels has at least two adults in the room.

No. However, we do offer summer school at an additional cost.

No; we only offer a five-day program.

Call in September for a tour of The Post Oak School and to attend prospective parent classes; you will get a better idea of schedules at that time. Generally, however, each morning features a work period of 2-3 hours after the children arrive. When it is time (around 11:15), they may go outside, eat lunch, and nap if they are younger than 4 years old.  The older children continue with about a two-hour work schedule in the afternoon.

Not in the traditional sense. The Primary level is for children ages 3-6; the last year of Primary serves students of the same age as a traditional kindergarten class.

Enrollment in Infant Community only occurs between the ages of 14 months and 2 years. A child must be a confident walker to be ready for the Infant Community. This is a critical window of time for a child to enter this community. Enrollment in Primary occurs between the ages of 2½ and 3½.

We hope that it is a good fit, but each child is evaluated individually.

No.

No; however, the parent handbook includes guidelines for dress code.

In Infant Community, teacher tenure ranges from 4-25 years.  In Primary, teachers have been with The Post Oak School for from 8 to 30 years.  In Elementary and Middle School, teacher tenure ranges from 1 to 13 years.