• 2025-26 School Year: We have completed enrollment and are currently full for the 2025-26 school year for Preschool, TK, and Kindergarten.  If your child is entering 1st-5th grade and has either attended a dual immersion program or is a fluent Spanish speaker, please contact us to determine if space is available for the 2025-26 school year.

    ADMISSIONS TK-K

    The Edison Dual Language program represents a unique curriculum option in SMMUSD. Edison is a school of choice in SMMUSD - it is not a neighborhood or home school for anyone. Parents or guardians of students interested in applying to the dual language program are required to attend a school orientation to ensure they understand the program and can make an informed decision.  Parents must also apply within the application window. Applications submitted after the due date will lose any priority they might otherwise have been entitled to and will only be considered on a space-available basis.

    Note: Parents of current Edison students in TK-5th who are applying for a sibling do not need to attend an orientation (PreK, JAMS, and SAMOHI parents do need to attend).  We will notify all current Edison parents via our school communication channels in January when they should apply.

    Since the Edison TK-5 programs are Dual-Language programs, each entering cohort of students must be composed of sufficient numbers of Spanish and English speakers to provide adequate peer language models in both languages. Edison provides language screening for applicants whose parents indicate that they are Spanish speakers to ensure that children are placed in the appropriate language pool for admissions decisions.

    In addition to striving to provide an appropriate language balance, Edison’s admissions decisions are guided by a series of admission priorities consistent with SMMUSD’s enrollment and permit policies. All applicants must have a birthdate that is appropriate for enrollment in the grade level for which they are applying. The California Education Code determines dates for Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten. Birthdates are not flexible.

    In making admissions decisions, Edison also considers whether placement in a dual language program seems appropriate for an individual student.  Dual Language programs are wonderful, but they are not the right choice for every child.   Please provide complete answers to the questions on the application.  If your child has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), please share a copy with us so we can ensure that all services to which your child is entitled can be provided at this school.  SMMUSD offers a variety of special education programs; however, not all are available at every facility.  Admission to Special Education programs with an inter-district attendance permit is contingent upon room availability in the appropriate program.  Edison offers qualifying students specialized academic instruction (SAI), speech and language programs, and OT, PT, and social skills services.  Please get in touch with the case manager at your child’s school to discuss at an IEP meeting whether your child’s needs can be met in a dual language program.

    ADMISSION PRIORITIES TK-K

    All the Edison programs generally receive more applications than can be accommodated each year. When that happens, within each language group, students are admitted according to the following priorities, in this order:

    1. IMMERSION SIBLINGS AND CHILDREN OF EDISON STAFF: Younger siblings of current Edison students in grades TK-4th and children of SMMUSD employees working in the dual-language program;
    2. EDISON NEIGHBORHOOD: While Edison is NOT a neighborhood school, the next priority is students residing within the immediate Edison neighborhood. Please click for map to see the neighborhood assigned to Edison for this priority list only;
    3. SMMUSD NEIGHBORHOOD: Students who do not live in the Edison neighborhood but reside in the SMMUSD school district.
    4. SMMUSD EMPLOYEES: Students whose parents/guardians work for SMMUSD
    5. SANTA MONICA CITY EMPLOYEES: Students whose parents/guardians work for the City of Santa Monica (city employees)
    6. SANTA MONICA EMPLOYEES: Students of parents/guardians who work in Santa Monica (but are not city employees)
    7. OUT OF DISTRICT: When space is available in either language group, Edison also admits students living in neighboring school districts. Consideration is given to out-of-district applicants who are children of parents who participated in the immersion program themselves as children, and to children whose parents are graduates of one of SMMUSD’s high schools. Final enrollment for out-of-district students is contingent upon procuring the appropriate inter-district permit, as specified by the district permit policy and the particular education policy regarding permits. Inter-district permits are granted for the general education program in the TK and K-5 programs and are renewable annually. These permits are for participating in a dual language program and are not transferable to other elementary schools within SMMUSD.

    If more students apply to Edison Language Academy than the school can admit in any given category, students are assigned numbers on the wait list for their language category using a randomized lottery.  Any remaining openings are filled out from the appropriate wait list.

    ADMISSIONS 1st-5th

    Beyond Kindergarten, Edison has much more limited opportunities for enrolling new students. The number of students accepted at any given grade level is contingent upon the school's overall enrollment profile. Parents interested in enrolling their child at a grade level beyond Kindergarten should attend one of the orientations and submit an application within the designated application window.  If the orientation dates have passed, contact the school for availability. Enrollment beyond Kindergarten occurs on a space-available basis, and each application is evaluated individually.  If spaces are available, the teaching staff screens students entering beyond Kindergarten at that grade level to assess language skills. Enrollment beyond 1st grade requires that students be proficient Spanish speakers and demonstrate adequate literacy skills in Spanish.  Since we often do not know how many spaces will be available in grades 1-5 until later, admission decisions beyond Kindergarten are usually not made until May of each year.

    PROSPECTIVE FAMILY ORIENTATION DATES

    If you wish to apply to our school for the 2026-27 school year, you must attend one of these orientations (unless you are a current parent of an Edison student in TK-5th grade).  All orientations are bilingual.

    Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Saturday, January 17, 2026, 10:00 am -12:00 pm

    Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 9:00-11:00 am (space is limited)

    Thursday, January 22, 2026, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Click here to sign up for a tour (this link will be available after September 1, 2025.

    ADMISSIONS QUESTIONS: edisonadmissions@smmusd.org