The superintendent or designee will determine no later than April 15th, annually, if the District is open to new nonresident student enrollment.
2025-2026 School Year:
On January 16, 2025, the Board approved the superintendent’s recommendation to open enrollment in the 2025-2026 school year for new, nonresident students seeking admission for full-time enrollment in grades 6 through 12, where capacity permits. All applications will be considered on a fair and equitable basis. Applications for partial enrollment and for enrollment in Running Start through the District will not be accepted for this defined class of students. The District may not accept all admission requests if the Board determines that the maximum number of students the District can accommodate without experiencing programmatic or financial hardship have been admitted.
Visit our Open Enrollment Page for more information on the enrollment process for open enrollment.
Pursuant to Board approval of the Interlocal Agreement Regarding Nonresident Enrollment of City of Mercer Island Employee's Children or Dependents on June 8, 2023, and subsequent Board approval of policy revisions to Board Policy 3141, Enrollment-Nonresident Students on August 10, 2023, Superintendent Rundle has determined that the District will accept applications for nonresident enrollment from students who are the children/dependents of eligible City of Mercer Island employees for the 2025-2026 school year. In prior years, the District has accepted applications from the children of Mercer Island Youth and Family Services employees as contracted service providers and as outlined in board policy. Consistent with this provision, the District extended nonresident enrollment opportunities to the children of eligible City of Mercer Island employees beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year.
