School Options & Choice

School Choice Application Periods

School Choice 2025-2026 School Year (current)

• The first-round application period: Closed 
• Second-round application period: Closed

School Choice 2026-2027 School Year (next)

• First-round application period: Closed
• Second-round application: Open until early May 2027. 
  • Second-round applications are based on submission time and priority ranking – not a lottery system
  • Second-round applicants are placed on the waitlist after any first-round applicants within the applicable priority ranking.
  • The second round is for families who missed the first round, declined or didn't respond to a seat offer and wish to reapply to that school, or want to apply to more schools.
  • Seats are offered when space becomes available. 

School Choice

PSD's School Choice program allows families to select the school that best meets their child's educational needs based on space availability and eligibility requirements. A school choice application is required to attend a school that is not a student’s neighborhood school or to attend a choice only school.

PSD offers diverse schools and programs 

Neighborhood schools offer a rigorous standards-driven curriculum, and gifted, enrichment, and accelerated options. Other schools may have a specific curriculum or focus like International Baccalaureate, Core Knowledge, hands-on learning and dual-language immersion.

School Choice