• All Seattle Public Schools choice assignments are subject to space availability.
• Submitting the form does not guarantee an assignment.
• Please review the Linked School 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 enrollment.
• Non-resident and Early Entrance Kindergarten students are not eligible to participate in the Open Enrollment School Choice process.
• If there are more applications than seats available for a particular school and grade, then certain tiebreakers are used to determine assignment and waitlist status.
• K-12 students may transfer to their attendance area school after Open Enrollment through May 31, as long as the services the student needs are available at that school. Transfers to their previously assigned choice school is not guaranteed and requires a new School Choice Form subject to availability or placed at the bottom of the waitlist.
• Students who apply for and receive a choice assignment will receive a new assignment to that choice school (or program). Students with a choice assignment will be continued at that school through the highest grade served, as long as the school offers the services the student needs.

Families with students enrolled in Seattle Public Schools may submit school choice applications for the following school year.

If there are more applications than seats available for a particular school and grade, then certain tiebreakers are used to determine assignment and waitlist status.

Standard Tiebreakers for available seats after assignment of attendance area students

Attendance Area Elementary and K-8 Schools

1. Sibling
2. Lottery

Attendance Area Middle Schools

1. Sibling
2. Feeder School
3. Lottery

Attendance Area High Schools

1. Sibling
2. Lottery

Option Schools (all grades)

1. Sibling
2. Geographic Zone
3. Lottery

HCC Tiebreakers

Elementary Schools

1. Sibling
2. Lottery

Middle Schools

1. Sibling
2. Feeder School
3. Lottery

High Schools

1. Sibling
2. Lottery

1. To return to your neighborhood school from a choice school. Students are guaranteed a seat at their neighborhood school if students apply by May 31, and Special Education service needs can be met at their neighborhood school. 

2. If your student is currently in a dual language immersion pathway and is rising to middle school or high school. 
   • All current dual language immersion students entering their sixth or ninth grade next year who want to stay in their dual language immersion pathway must apply through School Choice during the Open Enrollment period. These students will be guaranteed an assignment.  
3. If your student is eligible for Highly Capable (HC) services.
   • Kindergarten-7th grade students with a new HC decision for the 2024-25 school year who want to attend a pathway school. 
   • Students eligible for HC services entering ninth grade who did not attend an HC Cohort Pathway School in eighth grade—and—students with an HC designation currently attending their attendance area or option high school who want to attend an HC Pathway High school:
     • Will have a guaranteed HC Pathway seat at their HC Pathway High School (Garfield, Lincoln, or West Seattle), but a Choice Form must be submitted during Open Enrollment.
   • Please note: Currently enrolled eighth graders attending an HC Cohort (HCC) Pathway are guaranteed admission into their HC Pathway High School (Garfield, Lincoln, or West Seattle) in ninth grade based on where they live, and DO NOT need to apply during Open Enrollment. 
   • More information about Highly Capable pathways, including elementary and middle school pathways. Questions about Advanced Learning and HC services? Email advlearn@hzdl.net.