Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) runs the public schools in the City of Miami and across the county.
Which school
Every student is assigned to a school based on where the parent or legal guardian lives. M-DCPS has an address lookup to find your assigned school. To attend a different school, you can apply through a Parent Choice Student Transfer or the district's Magnet and Choice programs.
How to register
A parent or legal guardian goes in person, with the child, to the assigned school. The registration forms are available in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.
Bring:
- Proof of the child's age and legal name, on a document issued by a government agency. If you don't have it yet, the principal can enroll the child temporarily and give you 30 days to bring it.
- Proof of where you live. The school will ask you to sign a Statement of Bona Fide Residence (form FM-7444).
- A Florida Certificate of Immunization (form DH-680) and a school entry physical.
Forms you'll fill in: the Home Language Survey, the Disclosure at Time of Registration, the Emergency Student Data Form and the Project UP-START questionnaire.
Vaccines and the physical
Florida requires a Florida Certificate of Immunization for every student from Pre-K to 12th grade. If you have no doctor or can't afford it, the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade gives free school entry vaccines: call its Special Immunization Unit at 786-845-0550. Federally qualified health centers in the county offer school physicals priced by income.
Ages
- Kindergarten: children who turn 5 on or before September 1 can enroll that school year.
- School is required from age 6 (or turning 6 by February 1 of the school year) until age 16.