Education is one of the bases in creating an atmosphere, learning processes in increasing the knowledge of skills and character development of each person. The Education and Culture Office of the Merauke Regency based on the Permendikbud Republic of Indonesia No. 51 of 2018 and Permendikbud No. 20 of 2019 concerning zoning determination, if students want to register to be accepted at the school, they must pay attention to the distance between their place of residence and the distance of the closest school, so that there is an even distribution of the number of students, as well as the composition of knowledge from students nothing is too dominating as a whole but evenly. This research is carried out by utilizing the Geographic Information System (GIS) in determining to zone for students who will register to Senior High School (SHS) in the Merauke city area, to obtain information about the nearest school, based on Government regulations. the parameter used is distance radius. the method applied in this research is the buffering analysis model. This analysis model can identify locations to obtain coverage that can be used in identifying objects based on the radius, thus producing polygons around objects. The results of this study are in the form of GIS to SHS and can map and determine SHS zonation in Merauke City, as well as displaying the distribution of SHS in Merauke city.
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