Welcome to Portage Schools!

Portage Public Schools conducts enrollment year-round. During the school year, please visit your school to enroll; during the summer with elementaries and middle schools closed, you can enroll online, through the mail, or at  the Administration Building (Physical address - 8107 Mustang Drive / Mailing Address - 8111 S. Westnedge).  

Not sure which school your child is scheduled to attend? See the Street Guide.

Check out our Points of Pride.

There are several ways to enroll your students depending on your status:

Residents of Portage Schools

Residents of the Portage Public School District can enroll their students using the forms linked below.

In addition to filling out the forms below, please include photo copies of:

- Student's birth certificate

- Student's immunization record (click here for required immunizations)

- Proof of residence (voter registration card, utility bill, purchase or rental agreement, property tax bill, but not a driver's license)

- For high school students, please provide a copy of the last report card and current schedule to assist counseling with placement. Also, grades to date if enrolling during the school year.

- For Young Five and Kindergarten students, hearing and vision tests should be included.

- For students with an IEP or who need Special Education services, please include this form and please call the Special Education department at 323-5010 this summer to make arrangements to begin the process of transferring your child’s records.

- You may be asked to provide the original document in order for your enrollment to be valid, but do not mail originals to your school. If review of the original document is necessary, your school will call you.

Enrollment Form
Transportation Request Form
Transfer of Student Records Request
Internet User Agreement
Parent Medication Authorization Form

Incoming Kindergarten/Young Five Parents click here for important parent meetings and screening dates.

Following the completion of paperwork, you may drop-off the required documents to you child's school, or submit them by mail or fax. Click here for a school directory.

Middle School and High School

Non-Residents

Non-District Residents have two options:

1. For those who live within one of the nine school districts in Kalamazoo County, contact your school district to request a release to Portage Schools. If your district approves your request, it then comes to Portage Schools for review. If approved, the family would provide transportation for their student.
2. For those who live outside of Kalamazoo County, but in a county adjacent to Kalamazoo County, you can apply for enrollment through the "Schools of Choice 105c" program. The current deadline for these applications is 10 a.m., September 6, 2013. For information about this option please call 323-5148.

Cafeteria Information

Click here for information from our Food Group about requesting free and reduced lunch:
http://www.portageps.org/departments/foods/freereduced.aspx

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What if I don't know whether I live within Portage Schools, and if I do, how would I know which school my children would attend?
A: You can check our 2012-13 Street Guide which lists every street in the District along with the schools that service that street. The guide also contains color maps of our elementary, middle, and high school boundaries.

Q: What is the procedure for enrolling exchange students?
A: Call 323-5148 for information.

Q: What if I only have originals of the required documents?
A: If you need help making photo copies of the required documents, you can visit your school office and they can assist.

Q: What is Schools of Choice?
A: The nine school districts in Kalamazoo County (which are all a part of Kalamazoo Regional Educationa Services Agency) have agreed to a release/accept protocol. If you wish to attend a school in a district outside of where you live, you can request release from your district, and if they approve, the gaining district will review the request.