Families New to Fairmont

For questions about registration and enrollment, please contact the Fairmont office by phone or email Principal Best.

Fairmont Elementary

724 Kearney St., El Cerrito, CA 94530

Main office phone: 510-231-1448


Heather Best, Principal: hbest@wccusd.net

Registration will open on Tuesday, January 17, 9:00 AM! Make a plan to register on the first day - our school has limited spaces and will fill up.


Please join us for incoming TK/Kindergarten Info Session with Teachers and Current Parents! Thursday, January 5 at 3pm on Zoom:


To register for a reminder about this event and others for incoming families, visit bit.ly/3VwRedl


For our 2023/24 TK/Kindergarten FAQ, visit bit.ly/FairmontKinderFAQ


Check back here for more events for new families: campus tours, playdates, and more!


How to Register

  • Register at www.wccusd.net for the 2023-2024 school year which will begin in August 2023 (registration typically opens in mid-January)

  • Required documents

    1. Age Verification: (one of these) birth certificate, baptismal record, or passport

    2. Immunization Record

    3. Proof of address (two)

      • First document can be: PG&E, EBMUD, Garbage bill, lease agreement

      • Second proof can be: Bank statement, car insurance combined with car registration, credit card bill

    4. Parent ID


All documents need to be submitted to complete registration. If you are missing documents, you will not be able to secure a spot. Please submit documents by uploading them during the application process.

Please check the district website for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) requirements. Generally students must turn 5 between September and February of the year they attend TK. Families who wish to enroll their child in Transitional Kindergarten online can do so by selecting 'K' or 'Kinder' in the online application. View the TK school chart to find your school of residence.

Registration tips

  • If you are having trouble uploading your documents during the application process, please take a CLEAR/FULL (actual size) picture of the documents and call or email Fairmont for information on how to send them by email. Please do not bring documents to the office in person.

  • The Fairmont office staff will send an email to let you know if your child has a space or not in the couple of weeks following enrollment.

  • Please do not call the office asking if your child has a space. Enrollment time is extremely busy for school staff and they will not be able to tell you what number your child is on the list.

  • Please make sure the email you are registering with is one you check regularly, both Fairmont and the district send out all information to those email addresses.

How to stay in touch with the PTA and other Fairmont Families