Open Enrollment

The Chandler Unified School District is a premier district of choice. We pride ourselves on providing outstanding educational programs at all grade levels. Open Enrollment enables Arizona students to attend public schools outside their attendance area. In accordance with state law, the District has established an open enrollment policy and implemented an open enrollment program without charging tuition for non-resident students and resident transfer students.

Choose your option below to begin your open enrollment process today!

Elementary Open
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Secondary Open
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Open Enrollment
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Important Notes

All incoming Elite Performance Academy students will use the Elementary application.
Incoming AJHS and Basha AMS 6th grade students will use the Secondary application.
Incoming ACP Middle School students can click here for ACP Middle School Open Enrollment information

Need Help Choosing a School?

Visit our Choice is Yours website for information on your many school choices in the Chandler Unified School District.
View our School Directory to see the complete list of our available schools.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Is Open Enrollment the same as Registration?

When is an Open Enrollment (Boundary Exemption) Application required?

The parent/legal guardian and student must be an Arizona Resident (physically living in Arizona) to apply for Open Enrollment/Boundary Exemption.

When a Chandler Unified student is NOT on an Open Enrollment/Boundary Exemption and is wishing to attend a DIFFERENT school within the Chandler Unified School District boundaries.
When a student lives in another Arizona school district boundary other than Chandler Unified School District and wishes to attend a school in the Chandler Unified School District boundary.
When a student is attending a Chandler Unified school and they move out of the attendance school boundaries of the current school during the school year, and they want to continue at the same school.
When a student is applying for a Dual Language Immersion, Early Entrance into Kindergarten, Elite Performance Academy or Gifted Services.

What do I need to know prior?

An application is needed for EACH student.
When completing the application, you will have the option of selecting one (1) school in Category 1 (Classic curriculum, Chandler Traditional Academy curriculum, Dual Language curriculum) and/or Category 2 (Gifted curriculum).
Submitting multiple applications for one child will result in the application being denied or admission being revoked.
- Example: You submitted an application and you have not heard the status of the application, you then submit another application. Both applications may be cancelled.
- If you share custody with the absent parent, please decide who will complete the application.
Providing false information on the application will result in the application being denied or admission being revoked.
An email confirmation will be sent once the application has been submitted. If you do not receive your email confirmation after 20 minutes, please check your junk mail or spam folder for the email confirmation. If you still haven't received the email confirmation, send an email to Elementary Education to verify your application was received.

Please allow yourself enough time to complete the application in one session. You will not be able to save it and come back later to complete it.

Current CUSD Students

Current Chandler Unified Students

Entering Kindergarten-6th and 7th-8th grade Elite Performance Academy

The school administrator from your requested School Choice will review your 2026-27 Open Enrollment Application along with reviewing your student's academic profile (attendance, discipline, and grades) from the previous school year (2024-25) and the current school year (2025-26) within Infinite Campus.

Non-Enrolled Students

For entering Kindergarten- 6th grade and 7th-8th for the Elite Performance Academy

The academic profile (attendance, discipline and grades) for students currently not enrolled in a Chandler Unified school must be provide for your requested School Choice administrator to review along with your 2026-27 Open Enrollment Application. After submitting your application, the following documents from the previous school year (2024-25) and the current school year (2025-26) must be uploaded to the CUSD File Upload Center:

attendance history/report (previous school year 2024-25 and current school year 2025-26)
discipline report (previous school year 2024-25 and current school year 2025-26)
- (If your student does not have a discipline report, please request from the school office on letterhead signed by an administrator that your student does not have a discipline report.)
grade report/report card/progress report (previous school year 2024-25 and current school year 2025-26)

If applicable:

Full Individualized Education Plan (IEP) with evaluation report
Gifted Test Scores
- Looking for information on Gifted Testing? Click here for more information.

PDF documents are preferred.

Please assist us with converting your photo images to PDF before uploading them to the CUSD File Upload Center. Search for a free scanner in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to turn your phone into a mobile scanner and create a PDF of your images. i.e. CamScanner - PDF Scanner App, Adobe Scan, etc. The District does not take responsibility for any apps that you may download.

To ensure the school administration can locate your student's documents, each document must be named in the following format:

Student First Name Student Last Name Document Name School Year

Examples:

Jane Doe Report Card 2024-25

Jane Doe In Progress Grades 2025-26

Jane Doe Attendance History 2024-25

Jane Doe Attendance Report 2025-26

If applicable:

Jane Doe Current Full IEP

After submitting your 2026-27 Open Enrollment Application, you will receive two (2) emails with instructions on how to upload the documents:

1. 2026-27 CUSD Elementary Open Enrollment Application Confirmation

2. 2026-27 CUSD Elementary Open Enrollment Document Upload Information

If any of the above documents are not received, your application cannot be processed.

What are the Priority Groups?

Priority Group 1: Resident transfer students who currently attend the school and their siblings

Example #1: John lives in the Conley Elementary attendance boundary and his son attended Andersen Elementary last school year and his son will return to Andersen Elementary next school year.
Example #2: Grant lives in the Santan Elementary attendance boundary and his daughter attended Basha Elementary last school year, and she will be returning. Grant will submit an Open Enrollment/Boundary Exemption Application for his kindergarten son to attend Basha Elementary.

Priority Group 2: Children of employees and previously accepted and enrolled non-resident students

Example #1: Simon works at Perry High and he will submit two Open Enrollment/Boundary Exemption Applications for his children to attend CTA Freedom.
Example #2: Randy lives in the Gilbert Elementary School District boundaries and his children attended Santan Elementary last school year. They are returning to Santan for the current school year.

Priority Group 3: Resident transfer students

Example: Karen lives in the Tarwater Elementary attendance boundary and she will submit an Open Enrollment/Boundary Exemption Application for her son to attend Hancock Elementary.

Priority Group 4: Previously accepted and enrolled non-resident students' siblings

Example: Tim lives in the Tempe Elementary School boundaries and his 1st grade daughter attends Andersen Elementary (Priority Group 2). He will submit an Open Enrollment/Boundary Exemption Application for his kindergarten son to attend Andersen Elementary.

Priority Group 5: Non-resident students

Example: Gary lives in Maricopa and will submit an Open Enrollment Application for his daughter to attend Jacobson Elementary.