Open Enrollment

Tolleson Elementary School District has reviewed the capacity and determined excess capacity based on the chart provided.

Schools will accept pupils throughout the school year as capacity allows. Pupils who are denied access due to capacity shall be informed that they are on a waitlist and will be notified when an opening occurs at the desired school site.

All schools shall continue to give open enrollment preference to and reserve capacity to pupils who meet one or more of the following criteria:

• Resident pupils
• Pupils returning to school from the prior year
• Siblings of pupils already enrolled 

All schools may give open enrollment preference to and reserve capacity for children who: 

• Are in foster care
• Meet the definition of unaccompanied youth prescribed in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (P.L. 100-77; 101 Stat. 482; 42 United States Code Section 11434a)
• Attend a school that is closing
• Pupils who are children of persons who are employed by the school or the district

Please note the following:

• Capacity estimates for kindergarten through eighth grade will be made available to the public by the beginning of each quarter on our school websites.
• Open enrollment will be approved based on capacity at a school site and capacity in a special program in which a student may be enrolled.
• If a school remains open as part of a boundary change and capacity is available, students assigned to a new attendance area may stay enrolled in their current school.

(*Open Enrollment Policy JFB)

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Grade Level Availability Description

Tolleson Elementary School District Open Enrollment Grade Level Availability - August 2024 

• School: Arizona Desert
  Capacity: 908
  Kinder: No
  1st Grade: Yes
  2nd Grade: Yes
  3rd Grade: No
  4th Grade: Yes
  5th Grade: Yes
  6th Grade: Yes
  7th Grade: Yes
  8th Grade: Yes
  
  
• School: Desert Oasis
  Capacity: 766
  Kinder: No
  1st Grade: Yes
  2nd Grade: Yes
  3rd Grade: Yes
  4th Grade: Yes
  5th Grade: Yes
  6th Grade: Yes
  7th Grade: Yes
  8th Grade: Yes
  
  
• School: Porfirio H. Gonzales
  Capacity: 798
  Kinder: Yes
  1st Grade: No
  2nd Grade: Yes
  3rd Grade: Yes
  4th Grade: Yes
  5th Grade: Yes
  6th Grade: Yes
  7th Grade: Yes
  8th Grade: Yes
  
  
• School: Sheely Farms
  Capacity: 798
  Kinder: Yes
  1st Grade: Yes
  2nd Grade: Yes
  3rd Grade: Yes
  4th Grade: Yes
  5th Grade: Yes
  6th Grade: Yes
  7th Grade: Yes
  8th Grade: Yes

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Special Programs Availability Description

Tolleson Elementary School District Open Enrollment Grade Level Availability - August 2024 

• School: Arizona Desert
  Resource Capacity: 45
  Resource Availability: No
  Speech and Language Capacity: 40
  Speech and Language Availability: No 
  Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disability Capacity: 18
  Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disability Availability: No
  Severe Intellectual Disability Capacity: N/A
  Severe Intellectual Disability Availability: N/A
  Cross Categorical Behavior Program Capacity: N/A
  Cross Categorical Behavior Program Availability: N/A
  Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) Program Capacity: N/A
  Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) Program Availability: N/A
  
  
• School: Desert Oasis
  Resource Capacity: 30
  Resource Availability: No
  Speech and Language Capacity: 40
  Speech and Language Availability: No
  Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disability Capacity: N/A
  Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disability Availability: N/A
  Severe Intellectual Disability Capacity: N/A
  Severe Intellectual Disability Availability: N/A
  Cross Categorical Behavior Program Capacity: 27
  Cross Categorical Behavior Program Availability: Yes
  Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) Program Capacity: 6
  Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) Program Availability: No
  
  
• School: Porfirio H. Gonzales
  Resource Capacity: 30
  Resource Availability: No
  Speech and Language Capacity: 40
  Speech and Language Availability: No 
  Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disability Capacity: 27
  Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disability Availability: No
  Severe Intellectual Disability Capacity: 6
  Severe Intellectual Disability Availability: No
  Cross Categorical Behavior Program Capacity: N/A
  Cross Categorical Behavior Program Availability: N/A
  Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) Program Capacity: N/A
  Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) Program Availability: N/A
  
  
• School: Sheely Farms
  Resource Capacity: 30
  Resource Availability: No
  Speech and Language Capacity: 40
  Speech and Language Availability: No 
  Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disability Capacity: N/A
  Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disability Availability: N/A
  Severe Intellectual Disability Capacity: 6
  Severe Intellectual Disability Availability: No
  Cross Categorical Behavior Program Capacity: N/A
  Cross Categorical Behavior Program Availability: N/A
  Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) Program Capacity: N/A
  Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) Program Availability: N/A