Inter-District Student Transfers for Children of Non-Employees
Parent and child live outside the Pearland ISD boundary. Parent is not a fulltime PISD employee. You must select Inter-District $50 Transfer in the Student Transfer Program.
These transfers are for students eligible for first grade or higher. No kindergarten or Pre-k students are accepted for this transfer due to the uncertainty of class sizes. Younger siblings of current transfer students are not an exception.
Application Period – 12:00 AM, February 1, 2026, to March 6, 2026, 11:59 PM
Space may be limited at some campuses. Input your application early to avoid any problem. The automated program will shut down precisely at 11:59 PM on March 6, 2026, and will not allow late applications. Due to the high volume of transfer applications, the details involved, and limited summer staff, we must follow the deadline equally with all applicants to ensure preparations are in place for the next school year.
All required documents and payment must be submitted online together, uploaded to the completed transfer application. Payment must be made individually per each student application, paid on each transfer application. We cannot accept partial applications. Incomplete applications will be rejected. Please do not delay in applying once the application period opens. It may cause you to miss the deadline. The automated program will not accept any early or late applications.
The following campuses/programs are closed to inter-district transfers unless the student is a current transfer student attending that campus or a current transfer student in that feeder pattern. Additional campuses and/or programs may close as they reach capacity. (See feeder pattern transfer instructions below.)
Barbara Cockrell Elementary
Silvercrest Elementary
Silverlake Elementary
Sablatura Middle School
Pearland Junior High West
Dawson High School - Limited Capacity
Turner High School
GT Academy
PACE Center
All Kindergarten classes
All Pre-k classes
Dual Language Program
Any Special Program that is at capacity
Closed Campuses
The transfer program will not allow you to select a campus that is closed. If a student is a current transfer student attending a closed campus on transfer and wants to continue attendance there, you will choose "previous campus attended" for the campus selection. If a student is a current transfer student in the feeder pattern of a closed campus you will choose "feeder pattern transfer" for the campus selection and input a note/comment indicating the desired campus.
Information you need prior to applying for a transfer:
- The district name and campus name of the school where your child is zoned to attend next year for the grade applied for. Students transfer from the school they are zoned to attend for the grade applied for, even if they have never attended that school. They do not transfer from homeschool, private school, charter school, online school, school they attended on a transfer, etc.
- If your child attended a school other than Pearland ISD during the 2025 - 2026 school year, you will need to submit records for the schools attended including attendance, punctuality, and discipline records for all of the schools attended during the 2025 - 2026 school year to establish eligibility, and records/details of any Special Program that your child qualifies to receive services for.
- Application must be made by the parent the student lives with who is listed as parent on the student birth certificate, or by the legal guardian who the student lives with. A legal guardian must upload the court order appointing them as legal guardian with the application.