👨👩👧👦 The Family Guide
Schools, kindergartens, parks and activities — what makes Ra'anana one of Israel's truly family-oriented cities.
public elementary schools citywide
dunam — Ra'anana Park
community-center club types
In many ways, Ra'anana is built around the family: a large, diverse public school system, a huge city park with a unique inclusive playground, and lively community centers offering dozens of clubs and tech workshops for teens. Here's the full picture — schools, kindergartens, parks and activities for kids and teens.
Elementary, middle school and high school — a large public system.
A municipal kindergarten department, standard and extended-day options.
Ra'anana Park and the inclusive Park Chaverim.
Community-center clubs, the central youth house and youth movements.
Ra'anana runs a large, diverse public school system — dozens of elementary schools, middle schools and high schools, alongside a state-religious stream.
🏫 Pa'amonim Elementary
A state elementary school (grades 1–6), established 2009, roughly 465 students.
🌳 More elementary schools citywide
Ziv, Dekel, HaYovel, Shaked, Meged, Bartov, Yachdav, Hadar, Neve Zemer, and the democratic school "Merchav."
🕍 State-religious stream
Including Yavne, Ariel, Bilu, Noam, Merkaz Torani Chorev and Yesodei HaTorah.
💛 Special education
Dedicated schools in the city, including Izzy Shapira, Li-Or and Agam.
🏫 Rimon Middle School
Grades 7–9, Moshe Dayan 5, Ra'anana. State-supervised, established 1986, roughly 681 students.
📚 How it's structured
Students move from elementary into a citywide middle school before continuing on to high school.
🏫 Aviv High School
A public high school, grades 10–12, listed on the Ra'anana Municipality's own institutions page.
🎓 And more high schools citywide
Ra'anana runs several public high schools alongside Aviv, as part of the citywide school system.
📍 Good to know — registration zones
Ra'anana offers a wide range of well-regarded schools — but which specific school a student is assigned to (the registration zone) is address-specific and can change year to year. We recommend checking the exact zone for your address through the Ra'anana Municipality's registration tool before deciding.
A large municipal kindergarten department, with the option to express a preference at registration — not common in every Israeli city.
🏢 Kindergarten department
A dedicated municipal division running the public kindergarten network across Ra'anana.
⏰ Standard & extended-day
Alongside standard kindergartens, extended-day ("yol'a") kindergartens are available by choice.
✅ Preference at registration
Ra'anana is considered one of the cities that lets parents express a kindergarten preference during registration.
🏫 A private sector too
Alongside the municipal kindergartens, a private/recognized-not-official sector also operates in the city.
The streets around Katsin are dotted with plenty of kindergartens and day-care centers, all within easy reach of home. Here's a map of the kindergartens nearby:
Ra'anana Park is one of the best-known large parks in the Sharon region — and it's home to Israel's first inclusive playground of its kind.
🌳 About 200 dunam
Ra'anana Park — the city's flagship park, one of the largest in the Sharon area.
🧗 Play equipment for every age
Climbing and rope structures, play equipment, and sports courts — basketball, soccer and a skate area.
🤗 Park Chaverim
An accessible playground for children with disabilities inside Ra'anana Park — the first of its kind in Israel.
🚲 Neighborhood playgrounds
Smaller local playgrounds are common along residential streets in the city's southern grid.
From community centers with dozens of after-school clubs to a municipal youth house running tech workshops — there's plenty to do after school.
🥋 Community-center clubs
Music, dance, judo, karate, theater, hip-hop, drawing, Muay Thai, yoga, boxing, jiu-jitsu, acrobatics, English and first-grade readiness.
💻 Beit HaNoar HaMerkazi
The city's central youth house runs tech and creative workshops: piano, drone flying, 3D printing, animation, app development and game programming.
🏕️ Youth movements
The Ra'anana Municipality maintains a dedicated page for the youth movements active in the city.
Ra'anana runs a large, diverse public school system, with dozens of elementary schools, middle schools and high schools alongside a state-religious stream. Which specific school a child is assigned to depends on the exact address and can change year to year, so it's best to check the current registration zone through the Ra'anana Municipality's tool.
Yes — the streets around Katzin are dotted with plenty of kindergartens and day-care centers, and this page includes a map of the ones nearby. We recommend checking availability and registration with the municipality's kindergarten department.
Ra'anana Park is the city's flagship park (about 200 dunam) with play equipment for every age and the inclusive Park Chaverim playground. It's a short drive or bike ride from Katzin Street, and smaller neighborhood playgrounds are common along the streets of the city's southern grid.
The city's community centers offer a wide range of after-school clubs — music, dance, martial arts, theater, English and more — and the central youth house runs tech workshops like drone flying, 3D printing and game programming.
Katzin Street sits in south-east Ra'anana, so reaching Ra'anana Park is generally a short drive or bike ride rather than a walk — though the immediate neighborhood itself is quiet and green, with smaller playgrounds nearby.
Meet the Katsin 5 project — a new residential building on a quiet street in south-east Ra'anana, bordering private homes.