Residency Requirements For MISD

Establishing and Verifying Residency

State law requires that a student reside within the district boundaries to be eligible for enrollment or to be approved for an inter-district transfer. Residency is the physical location where the student resides. For families with shared custody (i.e. divorced, separated) this is generally defined as the location where a student spends a minimum of four nights a week. A student must live within the Mercer Island School District attendance boundaries and establish residency to be eligible for enrollment.

All families are required to establish Mercer Island residency prior to student enrollment. For detailed information about enrollment, please read Board Policy 3120.

Residents will need to present new proofs of residency to a school registrar if they move to a different location on the island. For detailed information about establishing residency, including the necessary documents, please read the information in Board Policy form 3120 F1.

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Nonresident student enrollment follows Policy 3141 Enrollment Nonresident Students.

Nonresident students require an approved choice transfer request in order to enroll and are not subject to the residency verification process. Please refer to the section entitled Open Enrollment/Choice Transfer for more information about this process.