New Student Registration

If you are a resident of the City of Charlottesville, please call the school your child will attend. Click here for school addresses and phone numbers.
Complete a registration packet: click here for online forms
Call your school to arrange a time to bring in the required documents.

Non-resident students are welcome at Charlottesville City Schools when space is available. In fact, almost 300 students attend our schools by choice.

Learn about the schools! You can call your school of interest to set up a visit.
Complete an application and submit it to the school office. We begin accepting applications on May 1 (note new date) and strongly encourage parents to apply by June 1.
Parents are notified of the status of their child’s application within approximately 3 weeks (except for kindergarten, which takes longer). A waiting list may be established.
Tuition must be paid in full by August 1.

Grades K-8:
- $1,337 for the first child in a family
- $1,094 for each additional child from the same family
Grades 9-12:
- $1,701 for the first child in a family
- $1,458 for each additional child from the same family

Students enrolling in the Charlottesville City Schools for the first time must provide:

Original birth certificate (or certified copy)
Proof of residency
- Mortgage, lease, real estate tax statement OR
- Driver’s license/government-issued photo ID plus current utility bill (electric, gas, water/sewer)
A completed Virginia School Entrance Health Form showing that the child has received a physical examination performed by a physician within a year of enrollment. (Required for new students in preschool-grade 5; required for all kindergartners, even if they were enrolled in the preschool program.)
A completed immunization record (for all grades; part of the School Entrance Health Form)
Custody or guardianship paperwork (if necessary)
Don’t have everything? Bring what you have to the school, and they will help you.