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.
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
New to NYC? Fill out the Housing Questionnaire and provide to your new school or a Family Welcome Center.
If you're not the primary leaseholder or homeowner where you live, fill out the Parent Affidavit of Residency.
If you're temporarily taking care of a student but are not their parent or guardian, fill out the Non-Parent Affidavit.
We speak your language! If your home language is not English, be sure to request a Home Language Identification Survey from your school or a Family Welcome Center. Interpretation services are available in more than 200 languages.
Please note: Forms do NOT need to be notarized. If any form includes a section on notarization, just leave it blank.
Note: Links have been removed from this page and should be downloaded from the NYC Department of Education enrollment forms page.
Emergency Contact Card (required document for all students enrolling in NYC DOE school)
Home Language Identification Survey - HLIS (required document for all K to 12 students enrolling in NYC DOE school)
Housing Questionnaire (required document for all students enrolling in NYC DOE school)
Kindergarten New Admit Questionnaire (required document for all new Kindergarten students enrolling in NYC DOE school)
Multilingual Learners Parent Survey and Program Agreement (required document for all K to 12 Multilingual Learners as determined by NYSITELL exam)
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 for all students enrolling in NYC DOE school)
Parent-Guardian-Student Ethnic and Race Identification - PSE (required document for all students enrolling in NYC DOE school)
Pre-K Language Needs Survey (required document for all 3k and PK 4 students enrolling in NYC DOE school)
Student Registration Form (required document for all students enrolling in NYC DOE school)
Third Party Statement of Residency (only required if you are living with someone else and parent/guardian's name is not on Lease)
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
For the best experience filling out and submitting forms, please follow these instructions:
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 form as an attachment to your school or a Family Welcome Center.
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.