Because many parents do not realize that they always have a right to enroll in their DCPS In-Boundary School, AJE wants to remind families that every home address in DC has an assigned DCPS elementary, middle, and high school that can serve most students, some students with disabilities might not be placed in their in-boundary school, but most should be able to attend.

Here is some information from DCPS about finding and enrolling in your in-boundary school.

Find Your In-Boundary School

A student’s in-boundary school is based solely on the student’s home address. Every home address has an assigned DCPS elementary, middle, and high school. All students eligible for grades K-12 have a guaranteed right to enroll in their DCPS in-boundary school. To look up SY24-25 and SY25-26 in-boundary schools, enter a student’s current address in the address field below.

Many DCPS schools are part of a feeder pattern, meaning that when a student graduates from one school they have a right to enroll at the next school in the feeder pattern. A student’s feeder pattern is based on the school the child currently attends. DCPS students who complete a transition grade (5th grade for elementary schools and 8th grade in education campuses and middle schools) may have additional school rights based on feeder patterns(link is external).

Note: On an ongoing basis, DCPS may update school boundaries and feeder patterns, grade configurations, school locations, and other details. For more information on school changes, please see https://dcps.dc.gov/page/school-planning(link is external). All changes that impact school boundary and feeder assignments have been updated in the My School DC Lottery.

For more information on specific DCPS schools, please visit http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov(link is external)

PLEASE NOTE: For families whose assigned in-boundary elementary school for SY2025-2026 is Cleveland ES, Garrison ES, or Seaton ES, middle school rights differ by grade. Students enrolling in 6th grade in SY2025-2026 will have an in-boundary right to John Francis EC. Students enrolling in 7th grade in SY2025-2026 will have an in-boundary right to Cardozo EC.

You can look up your in boundary school here – https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/node/41