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Oakland Unified School District

Enrollment Application Process

Step 1

Submit an application

This step is for families who are:

  • Entering or re-entering the school district.
  • Transitioning between key grade levels (e.g., PK to TK/K, 5th to 6th, or 8th to 9th grade).
  • Choosing a new school

Applications are never required to stay at your current school.

Step 2

Application assigned waitlist number

No applications are granted immediate enrollment.

  • All applications must go through a verification process.
  • Applications will be verified even if a school has space.

Step 3

Application verified

Existing and returning students are verified by checking the information in the application against the information in Aeries.

New students are verified by checking the following documents:

  1. Birth certificate
  2. Guardian ID
  3. Proof of residency
  4. Individual Education Plan (IEP) - if in Special Education

Step 4

Enrollment offers sent

Space permitting, enrollment offers will be made to the schools on a family’s application.

  • Offers are not made on demand or as soon as a space opens.
  • Offers are made in scheduled windows.

A family may not accept more than one offer at a time.

Step 5

End of Open Enrollment

On the 15th day of school, Open Enrollment ends and all waitlists are dissolved.

  • Current students should remain at their schools.
  • New students can be enrolled, space permitting, on a first-come, first-served basis.
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