Enrollment

Welcome!

Welcome to the Yakima School District! For those of you who have a child entering the school system for the first time, get ready! You will be amazed at the amount of learning that takes place! We have a great combination of talented teachers and staff to help your students become learners for life! The direct phone line to Student Enrollment Services is 509-573-7021.

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Announcements

Davis High School Enrollment Temporarily Paused
Davis High School is temporarily closed due to high enrollment. We will re-evaluate the situation after the first full week of school. If you are new to the district or transferring from outside, you can explore enrollment options at Eisenhower, Stanton, Yakima Online, or Open Doors.

Some YSD Classrooms Now Open To Out-Of-District Families

The Yakima School District's kindergarten through 8th grade open enrollment initiative has been approved by our superintendent. This initiative will help us expand educational opportunities and strengthen our YSD community. The following schools are included.

Washington Middle School
Gilbert Elementary
McKinley Elementary
Robertson Elementary
Nob Hill Elementary
Whitney Elementary

Additionally, we are proud to announce that kindergarten enrollment at all schools, as available, is now open to out-of-district families. This includes our dual language program, as available, at schools with dual language classrooms.

For more details and to review the updated operational procedure, please visit y sd7.org/openenrollment.

Electronic Enrollment is Now Available!

We are proud to bring electronic enrollment services to the Yakima School District. You are still welcome to enroll your student in person at our enrollment office at 104 N 4th Avenue (or at their school when schools are open/in session). Go here to enroll your new or returning student. Existing families can enroll a new student electronically through their Skyward Family Access account. For a short video on how to enroll new and returning students electronically, go here.

Enrollment Information

Enrollment Procedure

YSD has 14 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, and 4 high schools (view school directory). High school enrollment is determined through a balanced placement process where students select their first and second choice of high school. Elementary and middle school enrollment is determined by the home address of the student. Each elementary school and each middle school has a defined neighborhood boundary. Visit our School Neighborhood Boundaries page to view a map of our school locations and boundaries. You may register new and returning students at their neighborhood school, or at the District Student and Family Center (104 N 4th Ave). The District accepts registrations throughout the year.

Non-Resident High School Applications

If your family does not live within the Yakima School District boundaries, you may apply for consideration for enrollment at the enrollment office between June 20 and July 3, 2024.

What You Need To Apply

Attendance
Academics
Discipline for the current school year

Notifications will be sent by the High School mid August.

Transfer Requests

The District offers dedicated periods during which you may request a school transfer for your student. The dates for these enrollment periods will be posted on this website as they come up.

Boundary Changes are now closed.

If you have moved to a new student elementary boundary, please come to the Student and Family Center at 104 N. 4h Ave to complete and submit a Transfer Request Form so your student can be placed in their neighborhood school as soon as possible.

Families and students wishing to move to online K-8 or YOL may do so at this time until October 31, 2024.

High School transfers are open until further notice. Transfer requests may be submitted until the start of school on August 22, 2024. After school starts requests are made principal to principal.

Open Doors remains open.

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment for a returning student requires the following:

Completion of an enrollment packet
- Packets are available at all schools and at the Student and Family Center
Proof of address
- A current utility bill, if it's within a month's span. Utility bills must be a connected service to the address listed. Cellphone bills are not accepted.

Enrollment for a new student requires all of the above, plus the following:

Documentation to establish student's age
- Acceptable documents include a religious, hospital or physician certificate showing date of birth; an entry in a family bible; an adoption record; an affidavit from a parent; a birth certificate; or previously verified school records.
Immunization records
- 2023-2024 Immunization Requirements (English)
- 2023-2024 Immunization Requirements (Spanish)
- For immunization requirements in alternate languages, please visit the School/Childcare Vaccine Requirements page on the Washington State Department of Health website. *Please scroll down to SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS CHART*
- Starting August 1, 2020, all immunization records turned in to schools or child care centers are required by state law to be medically verified.

Common Requests

Choice Transfer and Online Requests

For students that live within the Yakima School District but are registered in a neighboring school district and attend a school in a traditional school setting, or online outside the YSD.

https://eds.ospi.k12.wa.us/ChoiceTransferRequest

School Transfer Request

For all K-12 requests for school transfers, please print, fill out, and return the form below to the Student & Family Center located at 104 N 4th Ave, Yakima, WA 98902. Our hours of operation are 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM on Monday - Friday. Filling out a transfer request form does not guarantee approval. You will be notified the third week in August.

Transfer request form - English

Transfer request form - Spanish