Middle and High School Enrollment Information

Students enrolling for the current school year will be enrolled at their neighborhood school. In some cases, even when all enrollment requirements are met, the neighborhood school may be at capacity for the enrolling grade level. When this occurs, the student will be overloaded to the nearest school with available space. The student will also be placed on a waitlist to return to the neighborhood school should space become available.

The timeline for the next school year middle and high school lottery is to be determined. 

Students enrolling for the next school year who will be entering 6th or 9th grade, or who are new to SJUSD for middle or high school for the following school year, have the opportunity to select a ranked list of preferences for their middle or high school assignment. 

The timeline for the next school year middle and high school lottery is to be determined. 

School Assignment Guidelines For Middle and High School Lottery

In some cases, the number of students requesting a specific school may exceed the school's programmatic or physical capacity.  When that happens, we will redirect students to their second or third preference based on the following priorities, in order of importance:

1. Students who reside in the school attendance boundary

2. Students who are requesting a Voluntary Integrative Transfer

3. Students with a sibling attending the school who will continue to be enrolled the next year

4.  Students whose choice of schools does not satisfy one of the above priorities

If all three school preferences for a student are unavailable, students will be automatically assigned to their neighborhood school or at an overload school and placed on the waitlist for their first preference.