School Choice Application

Key Dates 2024-2025 Academic Year

Phase One School Choice Application Opens - 12/10/2024

Phase One School Choice Application is Due - 2/12/2025

School Choice Lottery Notification Date - 3/20/2025

Phase One Offer Acceptance Deadline - 4/3/2025

Phase Two School Choice Application Opens - 3/20/2025

Phase Two Offer Acceptance Deadline - 5 Calendar Days from Offer date

Phase Two Application Closes - One week before school opens

Phase I: Lottery – Parents rank options and apply. HISD runs a lottery to determine which students get a seat. Students who do not receive a seat are waitlisted at all schools they ranked higher than the seat they were offered. 

Phase II: Space Available - Parents may add themselves to existing waitlists established during Phase I or enroll directly in campuses with space available.  Current HISD students can no longer apply once this phase closes.  

Students may still be offered a seat at a campus if space opens up until the end of Phase 2. At the end of this phase, waitlists are retired. 

Apply here (link to HISD school choice site - https://www.houstonisd.org/schoolchoice )

Registration information can be found here (link to HISD registration page - https://www.houstonisd.org/enroll )

Westside High School is a visionary high school with diverse programming that individualizes the student’s educational experience.  It is one of a handful of HISD high schools offering 2 separate magnet programs. The S.T.E.A.M. Magnet program offers students the opportunity to pursue their interest in one of the following fields: Audio Video Production, Business, Computer Science, Culinary Arts, Engineering, Health Science, or Legal Studies. The Futures Academy of Health Science Magnet program offers a student the opportunity to earn a high school diploma AND 60 college credit hours. Students who have the desire to get a head start on their career by taking college classes in high school, earning an Associate's degree, and ultimately attending a four-year university, should definitely apply for the Futures Academy of Health Science magnet program.