Enrollment
Enrollment
Discover your school options
Sacramento City Unified School District is the 10th largest public K-12 district in California and one of the oldest in the western United States (established in 1854). SCUSD serves 43,000 students on 76 campuses, which include quality neighborhood schools and sought-after specialty programs.
As an open enrollment district, parents have many choices for the children’s education.
Enrollment Options
The Enrollment Center is currently open to the public and following the current CDC guidelines we have enacted the following processes. Please note that some things have changed.
Online Registration Forms
The Enrollment Center will continue to offer 24 hour online registration forms for new, existing and previous students.
Information/Support Desk
We have an in-person information/support desk that is open Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (closed 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. for lunch). This staff member is there to provide direct information and support for enrollment information among other supports.
Self-Service Lobby
We now have our self-service lobby hours extended. New hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. where you can pick up and drop off hard copy applications.
Please note we can only allow 5 people at a time to be within the lobby area, if the lobby is at capacity we kindly ask you to wait outside until a space allows.
Please DO NOT provide us with original documents – submit copies only. Due to COVID-19 concerns, we will not be able to make copies for our parents. Please come readily equipped with your own copies.
Process Times
All applications are process in the order they are received.
Our online and in-person drop box processing times can range from 5-10 days. A technician will contact you when your application is processed.
Please make sure you have provided ALL the required documents as this WILL hold up your application if incomplete.
Contact the Enrollment Center
Please check your spam folder if you have not received a response from district staff.
If you need to contact us, please email a staff member listed on our contact page.
Please also refer to our Frequently Asked Questions for more information.
School Choice
Sacramento City Unified School District offers each student who resides permanently within our district’s boundaries the opportunity to enroll in schools or programs within the district, when space is available.
Transitional Kindergarten Enrollment
For the 2022-2023 school year, Sacramento City Unified will offer both full and half day programs at 19 locations through the district. To qualify for 2022-2023 TK enrollment, students must turn 5 between September 2, 2022 and February 2, 2023.
Learn more at https://www.scusd.edu/transitional-kindergarten.