Dublin families can now look up which schools their children will attend starting in 2027-28 after the district completed its redistricting process in June and published updated attendance boundaries for all grade levels.
The district's School Locator Tool, live on the Dublin City Schools website, lets residents enter a home address to see their assigned elementary, middle and high school under the new boundaries. The district warns that third-party real estate sites such as Zillow and Realtor.com may not reflect the changes and urges families to use the official tool.
The updated boundaries affect Dublin Coffman and Dublin Jerome high schools, Eversole Run and Sells middle schools, and five elementary schools: Abraham Depp, Bailey, Eli Pinney, Deer Run and Glacier Ridge. Wyandot and Bishop elementary schools will welcome new students under the revised lines, but current students already assigned to those buildings will not be reassigned.
Who stays, who moves
High school students in grades 9–11 during the current 2026-27 school year (Classes of 2028, 2029 and 2030) may choose to remain at their current school through graduation if their families provide transportation. Current eighth graders (Class of 2031) do not have that option and will attend the high school assigned to their address beginning in 2027-28.
Elementary and middle school students face a harder transition: all will attend the school assigned to their residence in 2027-28, with no phased implementation or stay-put option.
According to the district's redistricting FAQ, families of impacted high school students will receive information about a School Determination Form in fall 2026.
Why the lines moved
Enrollment imbalances drove the process. The redistricting FAQ states the primary goal at the high school level is to reduce near-term pressure at Jerome High School and move all three high schools toward serving roughly 2,000 students over the next five to ten years. At the elementary level, Abraham Depp Elementary is already using modular classrooms and is projected to exceed that added capacity soon.
Board President Amy Messick and four other members approved boundary criteria and a contract with Woolpert, a national demographic and facility planning firm, at the board's May 21 meeting. All five voted yes.
The board expanded the scope to include elementary schools at its June 8 meeting, as Dublin Ohio Daily reported. Woolpert then presented a single recommended map at the June 29 board meeting. Under Board Policy 5120, the superintendent holds authority over attendance-area changes; the board did not vote to approve or reject the final map.
The process included 24 focus groups in early March 2026, with 153 community members participating, facilitated by Planning NEXT. Fallon Research conducted public opinion polling.
Surge at the enrollment center
The boundary changes have already generated a wave of parent inquiries. Elizabeth Kefalonitis, the district's coordinator of enrollment, student records and compliance, said in a July 27 district article about the enrollment center's busiest season: "There's always, 'But I have a special exception,' or 'Can I have an exception? I have a special situation.' Unfortunately, we hear that all the time."
Only 46.2% of Dublin City Schools students live within the City of Dublin; 33.3% live in Columbus. Students also come from Plain City, Powell, Shawnee Hills, Upper Arlington and Hilliard.
The superintendent has been directed to coordinate with local governments on traffic-safety measures, including signals, crosswalks and speed limits, before the 2027-28 school year begins.
