School Choice and Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment Results Available

All registered SPS students will participate in remote learning with their assigned school. During the remote learning period, all student assignment policies and procedures will remain in effect. This includes but not limited to enrollment practices and procedures, address changes, and waitlist moves. For more information about our student assignment policies please review the Student Assignment Plan 3130 and Superintendent Procedure 3130 SP.

School Choice results is available online through the Assignment Lookup Tool. To use the Assignment Lookup Tool, please enter your student’s ID number and birth date.

Waitlists for the 2020-21 school year will dissolve on August 31, 2020.

If additional choice seats become available, waitlisted students will be contacted by Admissions in waitlist order, to be offered a choice assignment; families will have 24 hours to accept or decline the offer before the next student must be called. Please confirm parent and guardian contact information in the Source is current.

If you need assistance, please contact the Admissions office online or by phone 206-252-0760.

School Choice for 2020-21 Discontinued

We are no longer accepting School Choice applications as of May 31st, 2020

Parents/guardians whose students have not been assigned to their school of choice may request consideration under the transfer appeal process. Generally, only extreme or unique, extenuating circumstances are considered under this process. More information can be found on our appeals page.

Non-Resident Enrollment Timeline

• Non-Seattle resident enrollment: Jun. 1-Aug. 31, 2020

Option Schools with Continuous Enrollment

• Cascade Parent Partnership Program
• Interagency Programs
• Middle College High School
• Nova High School
• Seattle World School
• Skills Center
• South Lake High School

All option schools with continuous enrollment are considered upon request. Please contact us online if you are interested in attending any one of our option schools with continuous enrollment.

Some schools require capacity reviews or additional enrollment procedures.

Linked School Charts for 2020-21

• Linked Schools for Elementary Schools
• Linked Schools for Middle Schools 
• Linked Schools for High Schools 

Linked School Charts 2019-2020

View the pathway schools for each program offered at each school in the links below:

• Linked Schools for Elementary Schools
• Linked Schools for Middle Schools
• Linked Schools for High Schools

Historical Choice Data

Would you like to know how many students applied for school choice in 2019-20? Or the number of students who were waitlisted? Click here to download charts containing the most recent school choice results.

Click here to download charts containing the 2018 school choice results.

Click here to download charts containing the 2017 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: 04/20/2020

Contact Information

Visit our Admissions Department webpage for hours of operation, address and staff contacts.

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