School Choice and Open Enrollment

School Choice

Seattle Public Schools students are initially assigned to a designated attendance area elementary, middle, or high school based on each student's home address. To view the attendance area schools for your address, use the Address Lookup Tool.

Students may apply for assignment to a different school (or program) through School Choice. It is not guaranteed that students will be assigned to the school (or program) of their choice; students are only guaranteed assignment to their attendance area school. Additional information about option schools, including individual GeoZone maps, is available on the School Directory webpage.

Open Enrollment

Key Dates for 2019-20

• Feb. 4, 2019: Open Enrollment Begins; Choice forms available
• Feb. 15, 2019: Open Enrollment Ends (on time applications)

Future key dates for the 2019-20 Open Enrollment period are pending.

Historical Choice Data

Would you like to know how many students applied for school choice in 2017-18? Or the number of students who were waitlisted? Click here to download charts containing last year's school choice results.

Section 2 of the Annual Enrollment Report, produced by Enrollment Planning, also contains detailed historical choice data for each school.

Last updated: 12/13/2018

Contact Information

Seattle Public Schools
Admissions Center
MS 11-161
PO Box 34165
2445 3rd Ave S
Seattle, WA 98134

Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Please note: the Admissions Center closes at 12 p.m. on the 3rd Wednesday of each month for staff training.

Phone: 206-252-0760
Fax: 206-252-0761

admissions@seattleschools.org

Option Schools