Magnet Elementary School Priorities (Excluding Hodge, Smith, Wendell, and Zebulon)

(These priorities may be updated after approval of the 24-25 assignment plan in November)

Guaranteed priority

Rising Kindergarten students receive guaranteed priority to join an older sibling assigned as a magnet student at the same school in 2025-2026.

Remaining priorities

After assigning students who receive sibling priority, 90% of the available seats will be filled using the following priorities, in order:

Priority 2

A student who is assigned to a next school designated high socioeconomic status and who lives in an area designated as high socioeconomic status.

Priority 3

A student who is assigned to a next school designated high socioeconomic status and who lives in an area designated as medium socioeconomic status.

Priority 4

A student who is assigned to a next school designated medium socioeconomic status and who lives in an area designated as high socioeconomic status.

Priority 5

A student who is assigned to a next school designated medium socioeconomic status and who lives in an area designated as medium socioeconomic status.

Remaining Seats

The remaining 10% of the available seats will be filled randomly from all remaining applications. This may be reduced to 5% for schools that do not fill 90% of the available seats with priority applicants.