Average deadline isn't going to help you; you're better off checking the school districts in the areas you're wanting. Decently realistic that with 500 SDs in PA, the average is going to be a lot later than the 3 you're looking at, so you'd just be screwing yourself over.

You can enroll at anytime theoughout the year. I'm a public school teacher and we get new students all the time due to families moving.

As the previous commenter said, with most public schools you shouldn’t have an issue. If you’re looking at Philly, there are some application deadlines if you want a school you’re not in the catchment area of (it’s already passed). And if you’re looking at Charter or Private school, you’ll need to look at that individual school’s policy.

There is no deadline to enroll in public school. Private and charters are different and will most likely have a deadline to apply for them, but public schools have open enrollment and you can register at any point in the year when you move.

In my school district, kids usually need to be enrolled in the spring to guarantee placement at their home school (we have 10 elementary schools). So instead of going to the school a mile away, you could end up at whichever school has capacity within the district.

My daughter’s class added a new student just before Halloween. He can transfer to his home school for next year. One of my son’s friends moved within the district and his parents asked for an exemption to allow him to finish elementary school where his is now instead of having to switch for one year (it was granted, but they are responsible for getting him to/from school).

I live in a suburban district that had enrolment growth they were unprepared for. They ended up building a new school to deal with it. A couple of our elementary schools were routinely at capacity, so students enrolling after a certain date in addresses zoned to those schools were more likely to be bussed to another school in the district. If you move to an area where none of the schools are at capacity and you aren’t applying for a charter school then it is unlikely you will run into any problems.

I've never heard of public schools having enrollment deadlines and I've lived in PA my entire life outside my time in the Army. I also moved around quite a bit, so I went to 2 elementary schools, 2 junior highs, and 2 high schools. Never had any problems getting registered when we were moving no matter what time of the school year it was.

You should have no say in this. It’s not your child.

Kids are all enrolled at the same time, whether average gifted or slow.

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What went through your head where this sounded like an intelligent thing to say?

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You said “any advice” would be appreciated.