Oak Park Unified School District

Only the elementary school depends on your street. The district's Elementary Schools Boundaries List (a PDF street list linked from its Directions, Maps, Boundaries and Street Lists page) assigns each street to Brookside, Oak Hills or Red Oak. A few streets are listed for both Oak Hills and Brookside, so check with the district office if your street is one of them.

There is one comprehensive middle school and one comprehensive high school, so every Oak Park resident is placed at Medea Creek Middle School for grades 6–8 and Oak Park High School for grades 9–12; the district says no boundary list is needed for those grades.

Oak Park residents do not apply to attend district schools. If your child is new to the district, call or write to the office of your assigned school and the staff will start the registration with you.

Coming from (or leaving for) another district

District of Choice (DOC): the online application for 2027–28 is open October 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, through the district's Q ParentConnection portal (oakparkusd.vcoe.org). Applying early gives no advantage; all applications are reviewed after the window closes. If a grade has more applicants than spaces, priority goes to students with a sibling in the district, foster youth and students eligible for free or reduced-price meals, and students from military families; the remaining spaces are filled by a random lottery held at the February 17, 2027 school board meeting.

Students not selected go on a randomized waitlist that expires May 1 and are encouraged to apply for an inter-district permit. A DOC acceptance lasts through high school graduation as long as the family stays in the same home district. OPUSD is not taking DOC applications from families living in Las Virgenes Unified; they must use the inter-district permit process.

Inter-district permits are separate paper permits. The home district must release the student first, then OPUSD decides based on space in the grade level and the permit's conditions. Permits are available year-round, and OPUSD reviews them after DOC placements are filled.

A parent who works for OPUSD, or who is physically employed at least 10 hours a week in a commercial space inside the district, can apply on that basis without a release from the home district. Permits between Ventura County districts normally renew each year under a countywide agreement; permits with districts outside the county, such as LAUSD, are handled individually. A denied permit can be appealed to the county board of education within 30 calendar days of the final denial.

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Enrolling

Oak Park residents with a child new to the district contact the school office to start registration: Brookside (818) 597-4200, Oak Hills (818) 707-4224, Red Oak (818) 707-7972; Medea Creek, Oak Park High, Oak Park Independent School and Oak View High also take new students through their offices. Returning students re-enroll online through Q ParentConnection; for 2026–27 that opened July 21, 2026. For 2026–27, a child is eligible for transitional kindergarten if they turn 4 on or before September 1, 2026, and for kindergarten if they turn 5 on or before September 1, 2026.

Nonresident families enroll after being accepted through District of Choice or approved for an inter-district permit. The 2026–27 school tour schedule lists monthly tours at each school; elementary and preschool tours are for parents only.

The district's page