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5.

And it isn't US law that they have to be 5 before they start. Several states have a cut off of Sept 1 - 7 or even later), with school starting a month or more before that. So students are age 4 when they start in some cases. My middle child could have started a few months before he turned 5 because our cut off then was Dec 7th and his birthday is a few days before that. We opted not to because he wasn't ready.

I am 14 and have no kids but when I grew up in Germany I went to kindergarten at the age of 3 and learned Latin Spanish French and English. (Now I can only remember a tiny amount of Spanish and Latin, but I completely forgot French, and I am writing in English so I think I still remember it XD.) you are never to old or too young to learn, you can only be stubborn.

Most often students are 5. State law sets the cutoff date period in California where I live, it used to be that a student had to turn 5 by December 3rd of their first year of kindergarten. However, that laws changed and the cutoff date is now in September. A student might be four for a couple of days when kindergarten starts in August and then turn 5 in September. Each State's cut-off dates are different. Many states don't make education mandatory until a child turns six. Some parents choose to hold their kids out of kindergarten until they are six. So the answer to your question is, it depends on state law and parent choice,

I was 4 in kindergarten.

I was 5

Here in Pennsylvania its a law that they turn 5 before the deadline

UK a child has to start school when they are 4/5 - as long as they are 5 by the end of the following February they start school when the end of summer session starts and here in Scotland it is mid August, my daughter was 4 when she started school and was 5 in September.

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In the U.S., by law, they have to start when they're 5.

However, different school districts have different cut-off dates.

My local school district states if they turn 5 by the end of September, they have to be in school.

The next district over, they have to be 5 by the first official day of school.

My cousins, who are about 45 minutes away, live in a district that states the child has to be 5 by the end of October.

So, you'd have to check with your local district. Unless the child is specifically diagnosed with a learning disability at a younger age, then they will sometimes make an exception. It USED to be parent's choice (they could "go early" at 4 or "start late" at 6), but until more recently, it had always generally been 5 years of age...now it IS 5 years (again, except under very special circumstances).

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