Dual Enrollment Eligibility Requirements

■ Earned at least four (4) core high school credits (ex. English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and World Language)
■ Meet college placement criteria (usually met with PERT exam administered on IRSC campus).
SAT, ACT, or PSAT-NMSQT can also be used to meet college placement criteria.
■ Have a minimum 3.0 unweighted high school cumulative grade point average. (Check Skyward)

■ Must be on track for graduation including state FAST and BEST.

Next Steps

1. Confirm that you have at least a 3.0 unweighted GPA and 4 high school core academic credits (ex. English, Math, Science, World Language, Social Studies) with our high school counselor. You must be on track including the state testing graduation requirements for reading and math.

 

2. Ms. Brooks will meet with the student to issue the St. Lucie County Dual Enrollment Contracts to be taken home to parent/guardian for review. Student will need to send signed copy of the contracts back to Ms. Brooks via teams.

 

3. Watch the tutorial that will guide you through the application process.

 

4. Click this link to view the online tutorial for Summer 202Complete your IRSC Dual Enrollment Application, the application is an online electronic application.

-Use your personal email address when completing the online IRSC dual enrollment application.

-You will receive an email after you submit your application that contains your IRSC Student Number.

-You will need the IRSC student number to register for the PERT exam at IRSC.

-You will need that student ID to complete dual enrollment program agreement (508) and upload it to your IRSC application.

-You will receive another email within 5-7 days after uploading the 508 to your IRSC application. You will not be able to register for classes until you receive that email and activate your Pioneer Portal. Contact DE@irsc.edu if you do not receive that email after 7 days.

Please contact the IRSC Dual Enrollment Specialist if you have any questions about your dual enrollment application at DE@irsc.edu.

 

5. Register to take the PERT. See below for more information regarding the PERT Test.
6. The student will need to Teams message Ms. Brooks when all of the steps have been completed with their IRSC student number.

 

Sign up to take the PERT at IRSC

7. Sign up to take the PERT ASAP.  You will receive your IRSC student ID via the email you used on your IRSC application. Your IRSC ID is located on the confirmation that is sent to you from IRSCTeams message Ms. Brooks once you have taken the PERT test at IRSC.

Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT)

The PERT is offered daily at each Indian River State College campus. Photo identification is required. Testing schedules and more information are available online at all Indian River State College campuses.

Additional IRSC Dual Enrollment Information

New dual enrollment students are encouraged to take SLS 1101 as one of their first two dual enrollment courses. Port St. Lucie High School offers AMH 2020 (U.S. History) on our campus that can be taken as one of your seven scheduled classes during the school day.

Students taking SLS 1101 must have an additional elective in their school day schedule they can drop to accommodate SLS 1101 at Indian River State College. All IRSC dual enrollment courses must be taken after the school day to avoid conflict with the school day schedule. Students must have independent transportation to arrive late or leave early to accommodate the number of IRSC dual enrollment courses except for our on campus AMH 2020 course in the Fall and Spring. Students take a total of 7 classes that include IRSC courses.

All DE students must have a 60-credit IRSC Academic Plan from IRSC by the end of their first semester of dual enrollment. Dual Enrollment covers 60 IRSC credits. Students must meet with their IRSC Academic Advisor to secure an IRSC Academic Plan. An Academic Plan is the list of courses the student will need to take at IRSC for an AA Degree.
Dual enrollment students must provide their own transportation for Dual Enrollment Courses not offered on the PSLHS campus. Students are not allowed to stay on the PSLHS campus during the day when they are not schedule a PSLHS class. The total number of classes is 7 that included dual enrollment courses. Dual enrollment classes cannot conflict with scheduled high school classes.

Students with off campus or online dual enrollment classes must complete the 2025-2026 Abbreviated Schedule Form that must include the parent signature with a notary stamp. The notarized abbreviated form confirms that the student will have their own transportation to leave early or arrive late to accommodate the off-campus course.  The completed form should be emailed to monica.brooks@stlucieschools.org.

IRSC Dual Enrollment Important Dates