Welcome to Oak Park and River Forest High School! We are pleased that you have chosen our district as the place for your student's education. Whether you recently moved into our district boundaries or have been here for a while, we want to help make the enrollment process as smooth as possible.
For the upcoming 2024-2025 academicyear, District 200 will be implementing Skyward as our new online enrollment system; we will no longer use Powerschool Enrollment.
Enrollment for the 2024-25 school year begins on Thursday, June 6, 2024 for ALL students, new and returning
Online enrollment and residency verification arerequired for ALL students every school year. This includes current students, incoming freshmen, fifth-year seniors, and off-campus students.Completing course selection does not mean your student is enrolled.In order to enroll atOak Park and River Forest High School, students must live within our district boundaries on a full-time permanent basis.
To initiate the enrollment process for your student(s), you are required to complete one of the options listed below. This form must be completed by the parent/guardian with whom the student currently resides.
Returning Student:Your student is currently attending OPRFHS and is returning for the upcoming school year. You already have a Skyward Family Access account.
ENROLLMENT FOR RETURNING STUDENTS
Incoming Freshmen from D90/D97 and in-district parochial middle schools:Your student is currently in 8th grade and is enrolled in a D90, D97, or in-district parochial middle school.
ENROLLMENT FOR INCOMING FRESHMEN FROM D90/D97 AND IN-DISTRICT PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
New, Out of District/Transfer students: Your student is in grade 9, 10, 11 or 12 and you have moved within the District 200 attendance area and your student is transferring to OPRFHS from an Illinois public school, private or parochial school, a school outside of Illinois or outside of the U.S.
ENROLLMENT FOR NEW, OUT OF DISTRICT/TRANSFER STUDENTS
Additional Information
- Enrollment Requirements
- Enrollment Forms
Enrollment Requirements
- Make sure your child lives within district boundaries.Click hereto see the district's boundaries before proceeding with your request for enrollment.
Gather your residency verification documents, which must be submitted via the online enrollment process.Click herefor the list of required documents, which can be uploaded from your computer or mobile deviceas a pdf or jpg file.Please note that every family who enrolls in the district completes an online form that specifically states that the district may require a home visit and/or additional documentation to verify residency. Without exception, the district runs a database check and conducts a home visit for every transfer student. For more information, read our news article.
Submit health documents to medicalforms@oprfhs.org. A school physical is required for all incoming freshmen and new/transfer students. Questions? Contact healthservices@oprfhs.org.
Determine whether an placement testis needed.Students who enroll at OPRFHS are no longer required to take an placement testas long as academic achievement test data has been shared during enrollment.
Upload grades/transcripts and assessment data during the online enrollment process or email them to Kimberly Asbury, Testing Specialist, atkasbury@oprfhs.org. Acceptable documents:
Unofficial transcript that identifies high school credits earned OR
Last report card for 8th or 9th graders if no high school credits have been earned OR
Recent standardized achievement tests in reading and math, including MAP (NWEA), iReady, Renaissance STAR, TerraNova, Aspire, SAT, PSAT, or other standardized achievement test.
If you are not able to provide grades and assessment data within a few days after enrollment, then the placement testcan be administered. Student Services will arrange a time to come into the building to test during school hours.
For more information about the placement process and placement testing visit our Assessment and Research page.
Meet with counselor to review course selections. The counseling office will schedule an appointment once you have completed enrollment and, if needed, the placement test.
Welcome to OPRFHS!Your studentwill receive their class schedule, locker assignments, ID card, and a Chromebook. Please contact theBookstorefor information about school fees.You may also contact theFood Services Departmentfor information about the free & reduced lunch program, fee waivers and SNAP accounts.
Enrollment Forms
Click links below to download forms.
Affidavit of Transfer of Custody and Control- To be used if you are an adult who has assumed responsibility for a student, for reasons other than access to the educational programs of the school district.
Certificate of Child Health Examination
List of Required Residency Verification Documents
Residency Attestation- To be used when the Parent/Guardian is not the owner/leaseholder of the property in which the student resides. In support of this attestation, three proofs of residency are requiredto be submitted under the name of the Parent/Guardian (not the name of the owner/leaseholder).
Upload Additional Documents
If you already completed and submitted your student's online enrollment, but you have been requested to submit additional supporting documents, please click here to submit electronically.
Please note: Only use this feature if you have been asked by the Registrar or Residency staff to submit additional documentation.
Residency Verification
Annual residency verification for all students helps ensure that only students who legally reside within theDistrict's boundariesreceive educational services funded by District tax dollars.If a student's residence is questioned at any time, OPRFHS will investigate and may ask for additional documents for verification.
While we want to make sure that home visits are conducted in a respectful manner, we understand that they nevertheless may feel intrusive. Unfortunately, they are a necessary part of our process of ensuring that only legal residents of Oak Park and River Forest may enroll at the high school. On an annual basis, we find that roughly 200 students seeking to enroll at the high school are not actually residents.
Every family who enrolls in the district completes an online form that specifically states that the district may require a home visit and/or additional documentation to verify residency. The district employs two investigators on staff to conduct surveillance and/or home visits for cases we are investigating. A variety of factors can lead to an investigation, including returned mail, calls from concerned neighbors and/or landlords, false leases, etc. Without exception, the district runs a database check and conducts a home visit for every transfer student. The investigators also conduct a home visit if the family of a current student states they are living with another family.
Because the district frequently encounters false claims of residency, we have found that oral confirmation from someone who answers the door on a home visit is not sufficient. Verifying that someone actually lives in the home by looking at sleeping areas, toiletries, personal belongings, etc., during these visits is imperative. Our investigators make every effort to be as respectful as possible during such visits.
Per Board policy, if a student is not living within the districtor if a student's living arrangement does not agree with statements provided by a parent or legal guardian, the student will be unenrolled, and their parent or guardian will have to pay tuition. For more information about residency requirements, pleaseemailregistrar@oprfhs.org.
Registrar's Office Hours
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Questions?
2024-2025 Registration Information Flyer
Registration information flyer (english and spanish)
2024-2025Student Guidebooks
Transfer Student GuideboOK
Incoming Freshman GuideboOK
