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 1 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. 

Phase 1 Key Dates:

• 12/10/24: K-12 Applications open. Parents rank up to 10 choices in the application.
• 2/12/25: K-12 Applications close (all rankings and required documents must be submitted)
• 2/12/25: K-12 document deadline (all documents must be uploaded for eligibility consideration)
• 3/20/25: Parent Notification Day. Families offered no more than one seat based on lottery results.  
• 4/3/25: Deadline for families to accept seat offered in Phase I 

Phase 2 Key Dates:

• 3/20/25: Phase II Opens. Parents select up to 10 choices in the application.
• TBD: K-12 Applications close (all rankings and required documents must be submitted).
• TBD: K-12 Waitlist retires. The waitlist will close.