Registration for District 97

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Student Enrollment

District 97 student registration is now all ONLINE!

Please read all the information below. Then, select the appropriate button to be guided through the registration process. Please note, all documents MUST have the residents' Oak Park address.

Returning Students        New Students        Early Childhood/Pre-K        Kindergarten

Early Admission Kindergarten or First Grade


Proof of Residency Requirements

Families of new students and kindergarteners must upload all required proof of residency documents to the online registration system for each studentRegistrations will not be processed if any documents are missing or outdated.

***We recommend redacting confidential Information in the above documents. This may include any of the following: account numbers, amount/balance due, etc. The only information we need is the billing/service date, address and name for these documents. This does not apply to any leasing documents and please ensure to send complete documents with all pages. 

Just moved to Oak Park During the School Year?
If the school year for which you are registering is already underway, we will accept your new lease or home ownership document, as well as any two of the following items to provisionally enroll your child(ren) in the district.  You will then have 30 days to provide all required documents from the Proof of Residency Requirements linked in the list above in order to remain enrolled.

We will accept your new lease or home ownership document, as well as any two of the following items to satisfy the supporting document requirement:
  • Change of government ID with new address listed
  • New vehicle or voter registration card
  • Transfer of service email print out from a utility company with name and new address listed
  • Moving company receipt with name and new address listed 

Additional Information

Board Policy 7:50: (School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools) 
In accordance with Board Policy 7:50, all students who are 5 years old on or before September 1, 2024, will be enrolled into kindergarten and all students who are 6 years old on or before September 1, 2024, will be enrolled into first grade. Therefore, if you have a student who will be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2024, and eligible to enroll in kindergarten for the 2024-25 school year, and you chose not to enroll your student in District 97 for kindergarten that school year, your student will be enrolled in first grade for the 2025-26 school year.