Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment

What is open enrollment?

Open enrollment has been in effect in Akron Public Schools since 1993. Originally, it was designed to allow Akron Public Schools students to open enroll into surrounding schools other than their assigned home school and vice versa. Home school assignments are determined by the address of the student's parent(s) or legal guardian(s). Each year, approximately 3,000 open enrollment applications are received.

The open enrollment department has numerous responsibilities associated with the accountability of students involving the loss or gain of state or federal funding.

The following is a brief synopsis of some of the essential duties and responsibilities:

• Collection and compilation of demographic data which affects funding and reports as well as coordination of space utilization
• Accountability of all intradistrict and interdistrict open enrollment students, charter school students, and court-placed students entering and leaving Akron Public Schools
• School-wide projections by grade levels for future years
• Submission of state or federal reports requested by various agencies that allocate funding for: Educational Monetary Assistance Distribution, Impact Aide, and liaison with Information Management Department for mandates from the Ohio Department of Education including EMIS (Education Management Information System)