Enrollment for the 2026-27 School Year:
* School Choice Application Window: Jan. 5-31, 2026 *
2026 Louisa Boren STEM Tours and Open House:
Elementary (k-5) – Tuesdays January 6 & January 20 @ 9 am
Middle School – Tuesdays January 13 & January 27 @ 9 am
Open House – January 8. Elementary @ 5:15 pm & Middle School @ 6 pm.
Please see here for more info and to register for a tour at Louisa Boren STEM! Questions? Email tours@stemk8pta.org.
The SPS Enrollment team is hosting 5 in-person community information sessions to help answer questions about:
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- The enrollment process
- The new School Choice lottery timeline
- Understanding school choice options and eligibility
- See here for additional information on the community sessions
- Announced details for ’26 SPS Enrollment process:
- The School Choice application form will be available through the Source.
- Families of current SPS students can access the form starting Monday, Jan. 5
- Newly enrolled SPS students interested in a choice school can request to attend a school that is not their attendance area school through the online enrollment application. These opt-in choices will be processed manually once the enrollment process is complete. (All enrolled students receive an automatic assignment to their attendance area school or linked attendance area school).
- No late school choice applications will be accepted after March 31, 2026
- Results will be available in the Source the week of Feb. 24 and placement letters are scheduled for the week of March 2
- If there are more student applications than seats available at a school, a waitlist will be created. All waitlists will be active through May 31, 2026, then dissolved
SPS Admissions Fair: Jan. 10, 2026 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the John Stanford Center
Go to Enrollment – Seattle Public Schools for SPS-wide enrollment and school choice information.


