Enrollment

 

Please read this entire page, then click the "Enroll Here" button below to register your child in the Lincoln Park Public Schools!

You may also enroll your child at any school building, or at the Administration Building at 1650 Champaign.

The School of Choice Application window for Non-Residents for Fall 2025:

Kindergarten-5th: Now Open

6-12th: Limited seats available. Enrollment will be open April 1st-30th, 2025.

Required documents for RESIDENT students that live in Lincoln Park:

• Student's Birth Certificate
• Student's Current Immunization Records (must be up to date when school starts)
• Parent Driver’s License/ID (must be a parent that is on the birth certificate or a legal guardian)
• Transcript (for all students that have started high school)
• Kindergarten Health Assessment and Dental, Hearing, and Vision screenings (if not available at the time of enrollment, please submit to your school secretary the first week of school)
• Three (3) Proof of Residency Documents as itemized below:

1. Homeowner's Proof of Residency in parent's name* (mortgage statement, property tax bill, deed, or signed purchase agreement OR full executed lease agreement, if renting)
2. Two other current proofs of residency dated within 60 days and in the parent/guardian’s name (i.e. utility/cell phone bill, bank/credit card/insurance statement, voter’s information card, vehicle registration, government correspondence, pay stub, etc.). All statements must be open and clearly show name, date, and address. Envelopes/Medical Bills/Delivery Receipts/Junk Mail are not accepted.

• If your student receives special education services, we need a copy of his/her most recent IEP.
• If you are a foster parent or court-appointed guardian that is NOT on your student’s birth certificate, we require official documentation that establishes guardianship.

* If you are living with someone else in the district, you and the homeowner/lessee must visit the Lincoln Park Board of Education together to complete a Notarized Statement of Residency. Both parties will need to show valid ID and the homeowner must submit the Homeowner's Proof of Residency at this time (see description above). This is in addition to two (2) proofs of residency in the parent/guardian's name.  

 

Required documents for NON-RESIDENT School of Choice students:

• Student's Birth Certificate
• Student's Current Immunization Records (must be up to date when school starts)
• Parent Driver's License/ID (must be a parent that is on the birth certificate or a legal guardian)
• Transcript (for all students that have started high school)
• Kindergarten Health Assessment and Dental, Hearing, and Vision screenings (if not available at the time of enrollment, please submit to your school secretary the first week of school)
• Three (3) proofs of residency (i.e. mortgage statement/full executed lease agreement, utility/cell phone bill, bank/credit card/insurance statement, voter's information card, vehicle registration, government correspondence, pay stub, etc.). All statements must be open and clearly show name, date, and address. Envelopes/Medical Bills/Delivery Receipts/Junk Mail are not accepted. 
• If your student receives special education services, we need a copy of his/her most recent IEP.
• If you are a foster parent or court-appointed guardian that is NOT on your student’s birth certificate, we require official documentation that establishes guardianship.

 

If your student is four years old and you are interested in our GSRP preschool program, please contact Minerva Franco-Garza at Crowley Center (313-389-0213) to set up an enrollment meeting.

 

Note: If child has a Special Education IEP (or 504), your child will not be considered registered until our Special Education Services receives and reviews those documents and the parent/guardian has been notified of the child's status for enrollment. Please have a copy of your child's IEP ready for us to copy. 

 

REMEMBER:  Your child is not enrolled until you receive an official "welcome" email from our enrollment department stating that your child is enrolled.