Eligibility — Where Should My Player Play?
ETL is a feeder league: each program feeds its local high school and limits players to that high school's boundaries. In short — your player plays for the program that feeds the public high school your family's home address is zoned for. Use the tools below to find your high school, then match it to your ETL program.
Most players are settled by the school they attend. If your player attends a public school that feeds a single high school, that decides their program — we don't need to look at your address at all. The steps below matter when a school feeds more than one high school, or when your player attends a private, choice, or out-of-district school.
Pick your zoned high school
Not sure? Look it up by your home address
Find your zoned high school by address
Each district runs its own boundary lookup. Find the district that covers your home, then check which high school your address is zoned for.
Bellevue SD
Northshore SD
Lake Washington SD
Snoqualmie Valley SD
Mercer Island SD
Tahoma SD
Issaquah SD
Cedar Park Christian (CPC)
Pick your high school above and your ETL program appears here.
Open Enrollment & Choice Schools
Attending a school outside your home boundary? Two routes let your player still play ETL — but each one settles your home program with a single, lasting decision.
You choose your home program one time, and one time only. That program stays your player's home program for as long as they attend the school and participate through ETL. Choose carefully — it is not changed season to season.
Choice School
If the player attends a "Choice School":
- a. School enrollment and high school feeder path are verified via Skyward or an equivalent district system.
- b. Choice School program participation must be documented at the time of roster submission.
- c. The player and family will choose, one time and one time only, which program they will play for. That program will be their home program for as long as they continue to attend the school and participate in the Choice School program for ETL.
Open Enrollment
If the player attends a school via Open Enrollment:
- a. School enrollment and high school feeder path are verified via Skyward or an equivalent district system.
- b. The Program Director must register the player as an Open Enrollment participant at the time of roster submission.
- c. The player and family will choose, one time and one time only, which program they will play for. That program will be their home program for as long as they continue to attend the school and participate in Open Enrollment for ETL; or
Interlake & Sammamish areas — 2026-27 only
ETL has no Interlake or Sammamish program. For the 2026-27 season only, the ETL board has ruled that players attending an Interlake- or Sammamish-area feeder school may play for Newport (boys) or Bellevue (girls). This is a one-season exception — the board expects those areas to field their own programs for 2027-28.
Private school
Your player's home address decides their program — not where they attend school. Find your zoned high school in Step 1 above and match it to its ETL program.
Because a private-school enrollment doesn't show your public-school zone, be ready to provide one proof of address — a utility bill or property-tax statement — in place of a school enrollment record. Your program director handles this on your behalf; parents don't upload anything.
One exception — Cedar Park Christian. CPC is itself an ETL program, so for CPC families it's enrollment that decides, not address: a player currently enrolled in the elementary/middle program feeding CPC plays for CPC.
If your home address isn't inside any ETL program's boundary, there is no automatic route. Talk to your program's director before tryouts, not after.
Home-schooled players
A home-schooled player is eligible by residence, exactly like any neighborhood player: they play for the program that feeds the public high school your home address is zoned for.
Because there's no school enrollment record to point to, your program director provides one proof of address — a utility bill, property-tax statement, or water bill in a parent's or guardian's name — instead of an enrollment screenshot. Grade is declared by your family and confirmed by the director. Your director handles this on your behalf; parents don't upload anything.
Reference
The full detail behind the steps above — open a section to expand it.
All 18 high schools and their programs
Match your high school to your program
Once you know your zoned high school, find it here to see which ETL program you play for.
| High School | ETL Program | School District |
|---|---|---|
| Bellevue HS | Bellevue | Bellevue SD |
| Newport HS | Newport | Bellevue SD |
| Issaquah HS | Issaquah | Issaquah SD |
| Liberty HS | Liberty | Issaquah SD |
| Skyline HS | Skyline | Issaquah SD |
| Eastlake HS | Eastlake | Lake Washington SD |
| Juanita HS | Juanita | Lake Washington SD |
| Lake Washington HS | Lake Washington | Lake Washington SD |
| Redmond HS | Redmond | Lake Washington SD |
| Mercer Island HS | Mercer Island | Mercer Island SD |
| Bothell HS | Bothell | Northshore SD |
| Inglemoor HS | Inglemoor | Northshore SD |
| North Creek HS | North Creek | Northshore SD |
| Woodinville HS | Woodinville | Northshore SD |
| Hazen HS | Hazen | Renton SD |
| Mount Si HS | Mount Si | Snoqualmie Valley SD |
| Tahoma HS | Tahoma | Tahoma SD |
| Cedar Park Christian (private) | CPC | — private |
Feeder middle and elementary schools
Feeder schools by high school
Tap a high school to see the middle and elementary schools that feed it, or search for your school by name. This is a naming guide — your home address is what officially determines your zoned high school (Step 1).
Bellevue SD
Issaquah SD
Lake Washington SD
Mercer Island SD
Northshore SD
Renton SD
Snoqualmie Valley SD
Tahoma SD
Schools that split between high schools
The four eligibility routes, in full
The rules
Your player is eligible without a waiver through any one of these four routes:
- 1.Residence. You live inside the boundary of the public high school the program represents — or, for Cedar Park Christian, your player is currently enrolled in the elementary/middle program feeding that high school.
- 2.Employment. A parent or legal guardian works for the school or district in a way that lets your child attend, and your player currently attends school within the feeder program's boundaries.
- 3.Open enrollment. As described above under Open Enrollment & Choice Schools, including the one-time, binding program choice.
- 4.Choice school. As described above under Open Enrollment & Choice Schools, including the one-time, binding program choice.
If none of these applies, an eligibility waiver must be approved by the ETL Executive Board — and waivers are extremely rare. A player may play up a grade but never down.
One more thing
This page is a guide to help you understand where your player should play. It is not an official eligibility ruling. Official eligibility is established and verified each season by the ETL Executive Board (Player Agent) through the roster and documentation process. If your situation is unusual — a private school, a district-staff exception, a boundary that recently changed, or a middle school that feeds more than one high school — talk to your program's director before assuming.
Your program's director is your first contact for any eligibility question. Directors bring unusual cases to the league — parents and coaches don't need to.