Open Enrollment
CCUSD accepts open-enrollment students year round for the current school year.
New enrollment to the Cave Creek Unified School District
Information packets and applications are available at each school, the District Office, and linked below.
The school shall notify the student and parent in writing whether the student has been approved for open enrollment, placed on a waiting list pending the availability of capacity, or rejected. The school shall also notify the resident school district of an applicant's acceptance or placement on a waiting list.
The school shall notify the student and parent in writing whether the student has been approved for open enrollment, placed on a waiting list pending the availability of capacity, or rejected. The school shall also notify the resident school district of an applicant's acceptance or placement on a waiting list.
Open Enrollment Non Resident Transfer Application
Open Enrollment Resident Transfer Application
Please submit forms to your school of choice.
Please contact the school's front office if you have any questions.
Black Mountain Elementary: 480-575-2100
Desert Willow Elementary: 480-575-2800
Horseshoe Trails Elementary: 480-575-8500
Sonoran Trails Middle School: 480-272-8600
Cactus Shadows High School: 480-575-2400
Open Enrollment Availability for the Current 2025-2026 School Year:
| K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| BMES |
Open |
Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| DWES | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Open |
| HTES | Open | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| STMS | Open | Open | Open |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| CSHS | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| AOE (online) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| BMES | DWES | HTES | STMS | CSHS | AOE (online) | |
| ESS Resource | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| ESS Speech | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| ESS Self-Contained | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |