what age do you start kindergarten
Age. In order to enroll in kindergarten in Missouri, you son or daughter should be five years old before August 1 st of the upcoming school year. What this means is that if your child turns five in September or October, you can enroll him/her in kindergarten the following school year.
According to EC 48000[a], a child shall be admitted to a kindergarten maintained by the school district at the beginning of a school year, or at a later time in the same year if the child will have his or her fifth birthday on or before September 1 for the 2014-15 school year and thereafter.