SFUSD Enrollment Information 

Event / Deadline

2025

• October 1, 2025

  • School tours begin (families may visit schools) 

• October 17, 2025

  • Online application opens; paper applications become available 

• October 18, 2025 (10am-2pm)

  • Enrollment Fair — all schools participate, workshops + info launch

    • Balboa High School, 1000 Cayuga Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112

• December 12, 2025

  • Deadline to apply for Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (SOTA) & Lowell High School

2026

• January 30, 2026

  • Main Round Deadline — last day to submit, revise, or cancel TK-12 applications

  • Interdistrict transfer applications due (permits may continue until April 17) 

• January 31, 2026

  • Waitlist opens; families applying after January 30 join waitlists or get assigned to schools with space

• Week of March 16, 2026

  • Main Round assignment letters mailed; interdistrict notifications sent; waitlist status visible in ParentVue 

• March 26, 2026

  • Last day to accept or decline Main Round assignment; final day to submit hardship appeals 

• April 20, 2026

  • First Waitlist assignment emails sent; then rolling as space becomes available 

• April 27, 2026

  • Open Enrollment for 2026-27 begins

• August 28, 2026

  • End of waitlist offers; end of open enrollment transfers