Find My Designated School

Designated Schools

With the authority of the Education Act, EIPS has created a boundary system where students are assigned a designated school, which is usually their neighbourhood school, depending on school capacity and utilization. By providing a designated school for each child, EIPS ensures there is space available in that school to meet children's educational needs. Refer to Administrative Procedure 305: School Attendance Areas and Requests to Attend Non-Designated Schools for more information.

The current attendance boundaries create a feeder school framework wherever possible. A feeder school framework is when all students designated to a particular elementary school are designated together as one group to a subsequent junior and senior high school. Within this model, students who attend their designated schools from kindergarten to Grade 12 will transition with all other students in the same school from elementary to junior high and then to senior high.

Returning students wishing to attend a non-designated school, for grades 1-12, must indicate their preference during the returning student registration process, which takes place in February, annually. Those who wish to attend a non-designated school for kindergarten can indicate that preference during kindergarten registration, which opens February 1 each year.

Find Your Designated School

Every child enrolled in EIPS has a designated school. The best way to find your child's designated school is to use our online tool—review the information below before getting started. Attendance boundary maps are also available for your reference.

Find my designated school

HOW-TO: Find your designated school using our online tool

Select the applicable academic year: Choose 2024-25 or 2025-26 from the drop-down menu.
Select a grade: Choose the appropriate grade level for your child from the drop-down menu. If you leave the grade blank, the search results will show designated schools for all grades.
Select a program: By default, the program is set to regular. Families who are interested in an alternative program (languages, Outreach, Special Education) must select the applicable program from the drop-down menu.
Enter address information: Enter your physical home address using the information you would provide to emergency response personnel. A valid house number and street name/number are required to obtain information. Select the correct address from the drop-down list once search results are populated.
Start the search: Click on the Search button to display the designated school (your school of residence) for the grade level, program, and address provided.
Complete another search: Simply update any one or more of the search fields and click Search again.

For assistance, contact Student Transportation.