School Assignment & Registration Information

Welcome to the Guilford County Schools (GCS) Student Assignment Office.

Students enrolled in GCS are assigned to schools in one of four ways:

1. Based on the attendance zone in which the student's parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/custodian resides
2. By applying to a choice program during specific timeframes
3. Through the reassignment process
4. Determination by staff that the student meets the criteria of homeless children and youth as defined by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2001

Additional information related to student assignment can be found using the navigation links on the left side of this page or the Site Shortcuts on the right side of this page. 

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REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

All Guilford County Schools students must reside with a parent or court-appointed legal guardian who is a district resident. Parents of students new to the district will need to upload the following documents in Infinite Campus or bring them to their school's registration office, regardless of the student's grade level (including kindergarten):

1. Certified copy of birth certificate
    
2. Immunization records
    
3. NC Health Assessment Transmittal Form (required for any student enrolling from outside of the state of NC or from a private or charter school that does not have a NC Health Assessment Transmittal Form on file and has not been previously enrolled in GCS)
    
4. NC General Statutes require that an Affidavit of Student in Good Standing be completed by the parent or court-appointed guardian/custodian for any new student transferring from another school outside our district. This does not pertain to students who are transferring within GCS or for students who have never been enrolled in a public or private school (ex: first time kindergarten students or students that have always attended home school). Click here for the Spanish translated document.
    
5. Proof of residence/address (ONE of the following forms):

• Current/original gas, oil, water, or electric bill in the name of the parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/custodian. Telephone and cable bills are not acceptable.
• Official lease agreement in the name of the parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/custodian.
• Voter registration card AND Medicaid card in the name of the parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/custodian
• Driver's license (or State ID card from the Department of Motor Vehicles) AND one (1) of the following:
• Voter registration card from the Board of Elections Office in the name of the parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/custodian
• Medicaid card in the name of the parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/custodian
• Car registration in the name of the parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/custodian
• Letter from an employer verifying the address of the parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/custodian with the company's letterhead 

Note: Guilford County Schools will request records from your child's previous school. 

Non-Routine Enrollment

In the following instances, persons wishing to enroll students in Guilford County Schools should contact the Student Assignment Office at 336-370-8303 for instructions: 

• Student lives with individual other than the parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/ custodian

• Student lives with one parent but wishes to attend school in the attendance zone of the other parent

• Parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/custodian lives outside Guilford County and wishes the student to attend Guilford County Schools

• Parent(s) or court-appointed guardian/custodian is homeless or unable to obtain appropriate proof of address

• Student is at least 18 years of age and is financially independent

Kindergarten Enrollment

Please visit our Kindergarten page to learn more about enrolling for kindergarten.