Enrollment and Registration
Requirements for Enrollment
Required Documents
- Child’s Proof of Identity
- Immunization Records
- Proof of Residency
- Parent / Guardian’s I.D.
- Withdrawal Form from Former School
- Child’s Last Report Card
Child’s Proof of Identity
- The child’s birth certificate or another document suitable as proof of the child’s identity.
- If the parent certifies that the birth certificate is not available, RISD will accept a valid passport, hospital birth record, church baptismal record, adoption record, driver’s license, military identification card, or other legal document that establishes the child’s identity.
Social Security Card*
*This is optional. RISD uses a student’s Social Security number for submissions under the Public Education Information Management system (PEIMS). If a parent chooses not to provide a Social Security number, RISD will assign a state-approved identifier.
Child’s Complete Immunization Records
Date, month, and year of every immunization received.
Proof of Residency
- Proof of residency is required upon enrollment for the following students:
- Students new to RISD
- Students who departed RISD and are returning
- Current RISD students enrolling in a new school
- Students enrolling in Pre-K
- Students enrolling in Kindergarten
- Students enrolling in first year of junior high or middle school
- Students enrolling in first year of high school
- Current Electric, Water or Gas Bill, or lease (signatures and dates must be visible), which must contain the parent’s name and parent’s address.
- Mortgage payment books, phone, cable, internet bills, insurance statements and driver’s licenses are not acceptable proof of residency.
- No terminations will be accepted.
Parent / Guardian’s I.D.
Proof of Withdrawal Form from Child’s Former School
This is required only if the child was withdrawn from school during the current school year.
Miscellaneous Information
About Enrollment and Registration
Pre-Kindergarten
See RISD’s Pre-K website.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten students must be five years old on or before September 1 of the current school year and the student and either parent must be a resident of the district.
First Graders
First graders must be six years old by September 1 of the current year unless the child has completed public kindergarten in another state/country or has been receiving public first grade instruction in another state/country.
School Finder
Not sure what school attendance area you live in? Find out with RISD’s School Finder.
Transfer Requests
For information on requests to transfer between RISD schools (Intra-District) or between RISD and another school district (Inter-District), see the Transfer Requests page.
Out of District
RISD schools has a process to allow students who live outside of the district to apply to attend an RISD school. The application for the 2025-2026 school year will open on April 17 and close on May 17.