Fairport families, it's almost time to register your young learners for Fairport's 2026-2027 Universal Pre-K lottery! Fairport Central School District will have 108 available vacancies for Universal Pre-Kindergarten students for the 2026-2027 school year. 

The link to register for the 2026-2027 lottery will go live on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Spots will be filled by random lottery from applications submitted by midnight on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. You will be notified if your child has been accepted to Fairport UPK or has been placed on the waitlist on or before Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.

Your child must be 4 years old on or before Dec. 1, 2026, to be eligible for the Fairport UPK program. This means your child's birthday must be between Dec. 2, 2021, and Dec. 1, 2022.

About the FCSD Universal Pre-Kindergarten program

• Students will participate in a full day (5 hours) of UPK at no cost to families.
• Breakfast and lunch are provided as part of the program.
• Fairport has six classrooms with 18 students, one teacher and one teaching assistant per classroom.
• Classrooms are housed at Dudley Elementary School, Brooks Hill Elementary School and with our community partners at Generations and Care-a-lot.
• Our collaborating Community Based Organizations are Bright Start, Gateway, Generations and Care-a-lot.
• Transportation IS NOT provided to students in the UPK program.
• Limited wrap care is available for a fee set by the Community-Based Organizations and the YMCA.

Learn more about the 2026-2027 UPK lottery, eligibility and programming, as well as get answers to Frequently Asked Questions, by visiting our Universal Pre-Kindergarten websiteUniversal Pre-Kindergarten websiteUniversal Pre-Kindergarten website. Please call 585-421-8612 for language translation needs.