Enrollment
Material taken from New York City Department of Education website (link opens in a new window):
Enrollment information
New student enrollment - Link to New Student Enrollment page
Enrollment information based on grade level - Link to Enrollment by grade page
3-K enrollment (children turning 3 by December 31st) - Link to 3-K enrollment information
Pre-Kindergarten (children turning 4 by December 31st) - Link to Pre Kindergarten enrollment information
Kindergarten (children turning 5 by December 31st) - Link to Kindergarten enrollment information
Gifted and Talented program (students beginning Kindergarten to 3rd grade in the Fall) - Link to Gifted and Talented program information
Middle School enrollment (students in their last year of elementary school) - Link to Middle School enrollment information
Material taken from New York City Department of Education website (link opens in a new window): Link to forms page
Enrollment Forms
These fillable forms are posted here for schools and Family Welcome Center staff to share with families. Each form can be viewed or downloaded in ten languages.
Please note: Some forms are digitally accessible (optimized for screen readers) and others are not yet; we are working to provide updated accessible versions of all forms by the end of June 2020.
Forms below are for English and Spanish documents. For all other available languages of this form, please use the New York City Department of Education Enrollment forms
Emergency Contact Card (required document)
Home Language Identification Survey - HLIS (required document)
Housing Questionnaire (required document)
Non-Parent Affidavit (only required if you are the guardian of the child but are not the biological parent on record)
Parent Affidavit (only required if biological parent on record is not the current legal guardian of the child)
Parent Affidavit of Residency (required document)
Parent-Guardian-Student Ethnic and Race Identification - PSE (required document)
Student Registration Form (required document)
Kindergarten New Admit Questionnaire (required document for all Kindergarten students)
Pre-K Language Needs Survey (required document for all Pre-K 4 and 3K students)
Multilingual Learners Parent Survey and Program Agreement (required document for all Multilingual Learners)
Other required documentation
Other documents that will be required when you register your child at a New York City Public School can be found on the Pre-Registration checklist:
Link to pre-registration checklist in English
Link to pre-registration checklist in Spanish
Note: If you are transferring from another New York City Public School, many of these documents are needed transfer your child to the school.
How to fill out these forms
Fill out form using a computer
Download the form and and save it to your computer.
For the best experience, open the form using Adobe Reader. This software is available for free download at:
Link to Adobe Acrobat download website for computers (Note: You do not need to download the Pro trial version, the regular version is sufficient)
Fill out, sign, and save the form. Tip: Rename the file to include the student's last name.
Email the file to the school from your email. Please include the student's name in the email.
A Few Notes
These forms do NOT need to be notarized. If a form includes a section on notarization, just leave it blank.
Most forms are digitally accessible (optimized for screen readers) but some are not yet; the NYC Department of Education are working to provide updated accessible versions of all forms.