Students are automatically assigned to their neighborhood school when enrolling at Rochester Public Schools. To learn about a family’s interest in attending a districtwide school or program, students must apply to attend a districtwide school. At particular grade levels, there may be a waiting pool due to a greater demand for students applying than the number of spots available.

To apply, families must fill out an application online. All applications are then uploaded into a district database. Applications received by each selection process date will be placed into the selection process, including a random selection process by our computer program.

If selected, families will be notified by email the following week after the selection process date. Students not selected in the initial random selection or subsequent selections will remain in the applicant pool for future space and will be notified if selected at that time.