Priorities

General Enrollment Priority Structure For K-12

  • All students zoned/assigned by address to the campus have a guaranteed seat. 
  • Transfer is guaranteed by law (per Educ. Code Section 25) for the following groups: children of military service members and peace officers who have appropriate documentation. 
  • Transfer is guaranteed by AISD policy for the following groups: children of full-time regular 91´ô¸ç employees and siblings of transfer students who will be attending the same school. 
  • After these students have been assigned to the campus, the remaining enrollment capacity is available for general transfer, in this order: 
    • Transfer students who have completed 5th or 8th grade at a school who apply to transfer to the middle school or high school in the feeder pattern they are currently attending. 
    • All other in-district transfer applicants. 
    • Out-of-District applicants with at least two years of unbroken enrollment in 91´ô¸ç. 
    • All other Out-of-District applicants. 
  • If a school reaches capacity, transfer applicants who did not receive an offer will be placed on a waitlist. The waitlist order will depend on the priority group a student is assigned and a lottery within that priority group. 

Dual Language Program Enrollment Priority Structure For K-12

  • All Emergent Bilingual students registering at their zoned campus have a guaranteed seat in the Dual Language program. 
    • Emergent Bilingual students who are zoned to a campus that does not offer an appropriate dual language program will be offered a placement to a dual language program close to their home. These placements are made by the Multilingual Education Team. If you are enrolling in 91´ô¸ç for the first time, your zoned campus can complete the LPAC process for identification as an Emergent Bilingual student and help coordinate with the Multilingual Education Team.
  • Non-Emergent Bilingual students are eligible to join a Dual Language program in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and up to the beginning of their 1st grade year. 
  • All campuses with Dual Language programs welcome Non-Emergent Bilingual students to apply to join the DL program, dependent on program capacity. 
  • Non-Emergent Bilingual zoned students who apply to join the DL program at their zoned campus are guaranteed a seat at the campus, but acceptance into the DL program is dependent on the program capacity. 
  • Children of qualifying 91´ô¸ç staff and siblings of transfer students currently attending the campus are guaranteed a transfer to the campus, but acceptance into the DL program is dependent on the program capacity. 
  • The remaining Dual Language program capacity will be available for program transfer applications, in this priority order: 
    • Students in 5th and 8th grade who have completed an elementary or middle school dual language program. 
    • All other in-district program transfer applicants. 
    • Out-of-district program transfer applicants with at least two years of unbroken enrollment in 91´ô¸ç.
    • All other out-of-district program transfer applicants.
  • If a Dual Language program reaches capacity, program transfer applicants who did not receive an offer will be placed on a waitlist. The waitlist order will depend on the priority group a student is assigned and a lottery within that priority group. 

Admissions-Based Program Enrollment Priority Structure For K-12 

  • Each admissions-based program has a website that describes the required components of an application and the process by which the program evaluates applicants. 
  • Each program uses their required application components and process to mark applicants as eligible or ineligible. 

Pre-K3 Enrollment Priority Structure

  • 91´ô¸ç has various Pre-K3 programs across the district. Please visit the Pre-K website for location and description of each program. 
  • An application and supporting documentation is required for Pre-K3. 
  • There are no guaranteed seats in Pre-K3, but zoned eligible students have priority. 

Pre-K4 Enrollment Priority Structure

  • 91´ô¸ç has Pre-K4 programs at most elementary schools. Please visit the Pre-K website for locations and more information. 
  • An application and supporting documentation is required for Pre-K4. 
  • Pre-K4 seats are offered using these priorities. 
    • The only group with guaranteed enrollment are students zoned to the campus and eligible for free Pre-K. 
    • All Children of AISD FTE Staff (regardless of eligibility). 
    • Students zoned to the campus and not eligible for free Pre-K (tuition paying).
    • Sibling of transfer students attending the school who are eligible for free Pre-K.
    • Students who are eligible for free Pre-K but not zoned to the campus.
    • Sibling of transfer students attending the school who are not eligible for free Pre-K (tuition paying.)
    • All other non-zoned in-district applicants who are not eligible for free Pre-K (tuition paying).
    • Out-of-district applicants eligible for free Pre-K.
    • Out-of-district applicants not eligible for free Pre-K (tuition paying).