Choose Your SchoolWhat factors should you take into consideration when deciding which school is right for your child? Location? Special programs? Availability? To help parents decide, HISD has gathered information on a number of topics below, including: how to enroll or transfer a child, specialized programs available, school profiles, and how to determine which school(s) a child is zoned to. Click the links below for details.
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- What School Should My Child Attend?: Find out which schools serve your address; learn about other options and transfers to other schools, school zone search tool, boundary maps, school information.
- School Choice Options: Magnet, Majority-to-Minority, Special, ADA and Space-Available Transfers; Charter Schools, Grants, Out-of-District Transfers
- How to Enroll My Child in School: Where and when; immunizations; enrollment process, required documents
- Transfers & Eligibility: Enrollment, School Choice, Transfers, home schools, Magnet, Special Transfers, Majority-to-Minority, Space-Available, Out-of-District, Public Education Grant, State ADA
- Early Childhood and Prekindergarten Programs: Learn more about the district's programs serving HISD's youngest students...
- Montessori Programs: Students learn at their own pace and are encouraged to explore their natural curiosity…
- Advanced Programs: Magnet/Vanguard and Advanced Academics/G&T (also see School Choice Options)
- After School Programs: Offer participating students both academic activities and enrichment opportunities...
- Career & Technical Education: Technical vocational courses in 16 career concentrations to prepare students for jobs right out of high school.
- Early College High Schools: HISD currently has seven early college campuses that offer students the chance to earn college credits while still in high school.
- Virtual Schooling Options: Virtual Schooling Options: HISD’s Virtual School, the Advanced Virtual Academy at Scarborough High School, and the Houston Connections Academy…
- Additional Education Programs: Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC), Drivers Ed., Community Education Partnerships (CEP)
- Special Programs or Initiatives: International Baccalaureate (IB), Junior Achievement, Lexiles for Learning, Project GRAD, and more...
- District and School Profiles: Detailed statistics and demographic data, testing scores, attendance figures, promotion rates, and more...
- Parents’ Options in AYP School Choice and SES: When a Title I school does not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for two consecutive years in the same area (such as reading, mathematics, graduation rate, and/or attendance rate), it automatically enters into the federally required “School Improvement Program” under the No Child Left Behind law.
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