What are your classroom ratios?
| Discovery World Student to teacher ratio | State Maximum Student to teacher ratio | ||
| Investigators, 3-8 Months | 3:1 | Infant Center | 4:1 |
| Navigators, 8-24 Months | 4:1 | Infant Center | 4:1 |
| Explorers & Early Explorers, 18 months-3Yrs | 6:1 | Toddler Component | 6:1 |
| Imaginers, 3-4 Yrs | 7:1 | Preschool | 12:1 |
| Creators, 4-5 Yrs | 8:1 | Preschool | 12:1 |
| Creadores (Spanish), 4-5 Yrs | 10:1 | Preschool | 12:1 |
| Discoverers, TK/K | 10:1 | N/A | N/A |
Do you offer enrollment to students with special needs?
Yes. Discovery World welcomes inquiries from families of children with disabilities and other individual needs. We evaluate each child’s needs individually and work with parents or guardians to understand what reasonable modifications, supports, or communication methods may help the child participate safely and meaningfully in our program. In some situations, we may need to assess whether a requested accommodation would fundamentally alter the nature of the program or create a direct threat that cannot be addressed through reasonable modifications, but we do not make decisions based on assumptions or diagnoses alone.
Do you accept subsidy programs?
Yes.
We value a diverse community, and we currently contract with Connections for Children, including the Bridge program and CAPP, and Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
What schedules do you offer?
We offer 9 different schedule options for most ages.
There are three day options: 5 Days (Monday to Friday), 3 Days (Monday/Wednesday/Friday), or 2 Days (Tuesday/Thursday).
There are three time options: Half Days (9:00 AM-12:00 PM), Full Days (9:00 AM-3:00 PM), or Extended Days (7:00 AM-6:00 PM). See the tuition schedule for each schedules rate based on the classroom.
What are the tuition rates?
Please see our 2026-2027 tuition schedule linked here: View the 2026-2027 Tuition Schedule
Do you offer drop-in care?
In addition to our regular enrollment, we currently offer drop-in care. To qualify for drop in care, we need a completed enrollment packet, a physician’s report, and current immunizations.
Please note that Drop-In Care is always subject to availability. That means wemust have both space available in the classroom and the staffing to maintain our child-
to-teacher ratios. For example, if a class is typically full, your request can only be accommodated if a regularly enrolled child is absent that day.
For more information, email admissions@discoveryworldschools.com, or call (310) 265-6650.
What are your operating hours?
Our school is open 7:00 AM- 6:00 PM Monday- Friday. Our office staff is typically available between 10:00 AM-11:30 AM and 3:30 PM- 5:00 PM. We additionally offer enriching drop-in care outside of school hours on Saturdays from 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
How do I begin the enrollment process?
The enrollment process starts with gaining familiarity with our organization.
If you are interested in learning more about our school and the enrollment process, please schedule a tour: https://www.discoveryworldschools.com/tour/.
If, after completing the tour, your family believes we are a great fit, you can complete the intake form received via email, and we will send you the enrollment packet via DocuSign.
The Physician’s Report can be found on our Admission page: https://www.discoveryworldschools.com/admissions/. Once we receive your complete enrollment packet including the physician’s report, we will review your enrollment packet and reach out with any questions. We typically provide an offer within 10 business days of receipt of the completed enrollment packet.
Our offer may be:
- a waitlist position with or without a guaranteed latest start date, or
- a waitlist position with an alternate schedule than the one requested, or
- the start date and schedule requested if availability exists.
Your family will have 7 days from the date of the written offer to decline the offer and cancel the enrollment process or accept the offer and pay the $250 enrollment fee by cash, check, or credit card. If we do not hear from you within 7 days, we will suspend your application and the offer will expire; to continue the enrollment process, a new offer would need to be made based on the availability at that time.
Is there a waitlist? How long is it?
Many of our classes are wait-listed, and we cannot usually accommodate specific enrollment dates, but we will work to start your student as soon as we can.
What ages do you serve?
We have classrooms for infants as young as 3 months and children up to Kindergarten age.