How to enroll a student in public school in Puerto Rico
Online enrollment, the seven regional offices with their email addresses, and who to ask about documents.
August 13, 2026
Agency
Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico
Runs Puerto Rico’s public school system. Enrollment is requested online, and new-student cases are handled through seven regional education offices.
Agency's official siteGuides related to this agency
Special education: the complaint and the Provisional Remedy
If the Department cannot provide a service that is in the IEP, the Provisional Remedy lets you contract it. And complaints go to a centralised unit.
August 14, 2026
School vouchers: the Free School Selection Programme
Two years in public school, application in May, and allocation by lottery. You arrange admission with the school yourself.
August 14, 2026
Validating studies done outside Puerto Rico
The Equivalency Studies Unit validates transcripts, authorises provisional enrolment and guides homeschooling students.
August 14, 2026
School transport: regular and individualised
It is not one thing. The individualised type can collect the student at home and take them to school, a centre or a place of therapy.
August 14, 2026
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