If you are 21 or younger, the first step to enrolling in any educational option is to check which district your address falls under.

Knowing your district is essential because it determines where you should enroll and what resources are available to you.

Find Your School District:

  1. Click the orange text to access the Find My School District tool.

  2. Click on the “Near Me” location button on the top left of the map. (You may need to close out two informational pop ups before you can see this button.)

  3. Enter your address into the search bar.

  4. Your school district will appear at the top of the resulting pop-up, as well as information about which high schools are in your district.

Important information for unhoused students

If your family lives in any of the following situations:

  • In a shelter.

  • In a motel or campground due to the lack of an alternative accommodation.

  • In a car, park, abandoned building, or bus or train station.

  • Doubled up with other people due to loss of housing or economic hardship.

  • Lack of a fixed, regular, nighttime, adequate place of residence.

Then you may qualify for certain rights and protections under the federal McKinney-Vento Act.

  • Receive a free, appropriate public education.

  • Enroll in school immediately, even if lacking documents normally required for enrollment.

  • Enroll in school and attend classes while the school gathers needed documents.

  • Enroll in the local school; or continue attending their school of origin (the school they attended when permanently housed or the school in which they were last enrolled), if that is your preference and is feasible.

    • If the school district believes that the school you select is not in the best interest of your children, then the district must provide you with a written explanation of its position and inform you of your right to appeal its decision.

  • Receive transportation to and from the school of origin, if you request this.

  • Receive educational services comparable to those provided to other students, according to your children’s needs.

For more information, please click this link, which will take you to the Oregon Department of Education’s McKinney-Vento Act page.