Pleasant Valley School District

Families who live inside PVSD can ask for a school other than their neighborhood school through Intra-District Choice (the district's open enrollment). For 2026-27 the on-time window ran January 26 to February 13, 2026, with an online application; staff help and Chromebooks were available at every school office and the district office. The district posted estimated open seats by school and grade (based on December intent-to-return forms), and some grades were listed as 'interest lists' that open only if enough families apply to fill a whole class.

Applications are reviewed by priority and then by random lottery, and seats are offered as space opens; applying does not guarantee a seat. The Los Primeros lottery is processed first, then Dos Caminos Dual Language Immersion requests, then all other choice requests. The 2026-27 window closed on August 1, 2026; after that date, new requests are considered only for exigent circumstances or family reunification.

The district says the 2027-28 Intra-District Choice window will be made available in January 2027; exact dates were not posted when we checked. Transportation: the district's free space-available bus is only for students who live in and attend their neighborhood school and live more than 3 air miles away. Choice students may apply for parent-pay buses where offered (2026-27 fees: $330 one-way, $550 round trip for the Santa Rosa choice bus), and several routes are waitlist only.

The district's page

Programs and how students get in

• Santa Rosa Technology Magnet School (SRTMS): Attendance-area school for Santa Rosa Valley addresses (TK–8). Other PVSD families apply through Intra-District Choice (priority, then lottery); families outside PVSD need an inter-district permit. TK–8 campus at 13282 Santa Rosa Road with a computer science immersion program for all grades, a STEM lab/makerspace and technology-focused middle school electives; for 2026-27 the district estimated choice seats at every grade, from 1–2 seats in 7th grade to up to 25 in 6th.
• Los Primeros School of Sciences and Arts: Lottery through Intra-District Choice; it has no attendance area in the 2025-26 Tract Code Book. TK–8 focus school with science and arts enrichment; the district processes the Los Primeros lottery first each year because demand is high.
• Dos Caminos Dual Language Immersion (DLI): Neighborhood school for its attendance area; families from other areas apply through Intra-District Choice. Language assessments may be required for TK–3rd grade seats, and 2nd–3rd grade seats require prior DLI experience or tested proficiency. Two-way, 50/50 English–Spanish model that began in 2023-24 with preschool, TK and kindergarten and adds a grade each year toward schoolwide implementation in 2028-29; grades 4 and 5 were not DLI classes in 2026-27.
• Camarillo Heights STEM Academy: Attendance-area school; other PVSD families may apply through Intra-District Choice. TK–5 school that the school describes as emphasizing learning by doing.
• Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts (PVSEA): Attendance-area school; other PVSD families may apply through Intra-District Choice. TK–8 school on Temple Avenue whose Early Education Center (550 Temple Ave.) houses PEEP, pre-K, TK and kindergarten classes.
• PVSD Preschool: Application through district pre-enrollment plus registration forms; tuition-based with California State Preschool Program assistance for families who qualify. Part-day, three-hour classes at the PVSEA Early Education Campus (morning and afternoon) and Las Posas Elementary (morning), with a 1:8 staff ratio and up to 24 children per class.
• Peak Prep Pleasant Valley: Charter school; families enroll directly with the school, not by address. Tuition-free online public school for TK–12 students living in Kern, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
• University Preparation Charter School at CSU Channel Islands: Charter school; families enroll directly with the school, not by address. Charter school at 1099 Bedford Drive in Camarillo that the state lists under Pleasant Valley School District.