Magnet Application

  • THREE PHASES OF PROCESS:

    • 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. Note: students that are not enrolled in HISD may always apply, even after this phase has closed. 
    • Phase III: Maintain Waitlist – Students may still be offered a seat at a campus if space opens up. At the end of this phase, waitlists are retired.  

  • PHASE I 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 

  • APPLICATION STRATEGY:

    • Parents should rank in order of preference. You have the same chance to get into a school whether you rank it first or last in your rank link.
    • Parents should apply in phase one for the best chance of getting a seat at one of their top ten schools.
    • Parents do NOT increase their chances of getting into a particular school by applying to fewer schools. Using all 10 options does not hurt your chances.
    • Parents do NOT lose their student’s current seat when they apply to school choice. Parents only give up their student’s current seat at the point of time when they choose to accept a different seat. Parents will have this opportunity after they are notified about the results of the lottery.   

 

School Choice application for grades K to 12 for School Year 2025-2026 will open by end of day on December 10, 2024, and will close on February 12, 2025. 

Click HERE for the application