School Choice and Open Enrollment
School Choice for 2021-22
Deadline: May 31, 2021
School Choice Process
Before the deadline, families with students enrolled in Seattle Public Schools may submit school choiceStudents may choose to apply for another attendance area school, including K-8 applications for the following school year.
- All Seattle Public Schools choice assignments are subject to space availability.
- Submitting the form does not guarantee an assignment.
- Please review the Linked SchoolMany students are assigned to their attendance area school; however, for required and Programs as some programs or support services may not be offered at your preferred school.
- New students must first register on the Enrollment webpage before participating in the open enrollmentOpen Enrollment is the annual two-week period where students may first apply.
- Non-resident and Early Entrance Kindergarten students are not eligible to participate in the open enrollmentOpen Enrollment is the annual two-week period where students may first apply school choiceStudents may choose to apply for another attendance area school, including K-8 process.
- If there are more applications than seats available for a particular school and grade, then certain tiebreakersIf there are more applications for a school or program during the are used to determine assignment and waitlistSchools (and programs) have waitlists when more students request the school (or status.
Results: open enrollmentOpen Enrollment is the annual two-week period where students may first apply results are now available through the assignment lookup tool and waitlistSchools (and programs) have waitlists when more students request the school (or information is also available.
Families who wish to dispute their student’s results may do so by sending us an Inquiry Form. Any evidence of proof to support your dispute can be uploaded through this link along with your student’s full name, student ID or date of birth with an explanation. As a friendly reminder, adjustments may be made to the waitlistSchools (and programs) have waitlists when more students request the school (or as a result of enrollment processing errors.
Linked Schools and Programs
Most students are assigned to their neighbor school regardless. For some required services, a student may be assigned to another school.
Open Enrollment Results Timeline
April 20 Parents can access their child’s school choiceStudents may choose to apply for another attendance area school, including K-8 results or waitlistSchools (and programs) have waitlists when more students request the school (or information online through the Assignment Lookup Tool. To use the Assignment Lookup Tool (see below)
April 20 Parents who want to dispute school choiceStudents may choose to apply for another attendance area school, including K-8 results can fill out the inquiry form here.
April 26 Student assignments will be emailed to students who participated in open enrollmentOpen Enrollment is the annual two-week period where students may first apply and received a seat at their choice school
school choiceStudents may choose to apply for another attendance area school, including K-8 results and waitlistSchools (and programs) have waitlists when more students request the school (or information will be available April 20, 2021 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 2021-22 school year will dissolve on August 31, 2021.
If additional choice seats become available, waitlisted students will be contacted by Admissions in waitlistSchools (and programs) have waitlists when more students request the school (or order, to be offered a choice assignment; families will have 48 hours to accept or decline the offer before the next student must be called. This will be reduced to 24 hours in the month of August. 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.
Non-Resident Enrollment Timeline
Non-Seattle resident enrollment: Jun. 1 – Aug. 31, 2021
Non-resident parent employees: Non-resident employees’ children may participate in the 2021-22 open enrollmentOpen Enrollment is the annual two-week period where students may first apply process to request their parent’s school worksite only. Non-resident employees’ children requesting schools outside of their parent’s school worksite will need to apply between June 1 through August 31.
School Choice Forms
school choiceStudents may choose to apply for another attendance area school, including K-8 Deadline for the 2021-22 School Year was May 31, 2021
Send all completed forms by email to schoolchoice@seattleschools.org.
School Choice Forms Grades K – 12
School Choice Form EEU PreK – K (EEU preschool)
Students must be at least 3 years old at the time of application with a current IEP to be eligible)
- 2021-22 EEU School Choice form
- EEU School Choice Spanish
- EEU School Choice Somali
- EEU School Choice Chinese
- EEU School Choice Vietnamese
Option Schools with Continuous Enrollment
- Cascade Parent Partnership Program
- Interagency Programs
- Middle College High School
- Nova High School
- Seattle World School
- Skills Center
- Alan T. Sugiyama High School
All Option SchoolsOption schools provide a variety of programmatic opportunities, different curriculum, and educational with continuous enrollment are considered upon request. Please contact us online if you are interested in attending any one of our Option SchoolsOption schools provide a variety of programmatic opportunities, different curriculum, and educational with continuous enrollment.
Some schools require capacity reviews or additional enrollment procedures.
Historical Choice Data
Would you like to know how many students applied for school choiceStudents may choose to apply for another attendance area school, including K-8 in 2020-21? Or the number of students who were waitlisted?
- Most recent school choice results
- 2019 school choice results
- 2018 school choice results
- 2017 school choice results
Section 2 of the Annual Enrollment Report, produced by Enrollment PlanningEnrollment Planning is the department that works with other district offices to, also contains detailed historical choice data for each school.
Contact us
Questions?
Contact the Enrollment Services team.