DPS SchoolChoice

Posted October 16, 2019

If you want to enroll in a DPS school other than your neighborhood school for the 2020-21 school year, you may take part in Round 1 of SchoolChoice. 

Please note:

• Early Childhood Education: Incoming preschool students, and incoming kindergarten students who reside in an enrollment zone, must participate in SchoolChoice on a yearly basis; due to space limitations, enrollment in a preschool program is not guaranteed.
• Kinder through 11th grade: If your student is currently in kindergarten through 11th grade and will be staying at his or her current school for 2020-21, you do not have to fill out a SchoolChoice application.*

The Round 1 SchoolChoice window for 2020-21 is 8:30 a.m. Jan. 15 to 4 p.m. Feb. 18, 2020. To participate in SchoolChoice, families submit one SchoolChoice application per student, on which they rank their top schools in order of preference, up to a limit of 12. DPS then uses a computer algorithm that matches students to schools based on those preferences, as well as school admission priorities and available space.

For more information, please visit the SchoolChoice website.