At the request of the campus, you must provide the required documents listed on this form in order for the campus to determine eligibility for Pre-K enrollment. Documentation will be collected by the campus when your application is being processed.
Enroll Austin is the new unified enrollment system families will now use to register in Austin ISD for the 2024-25 school year. It will replace the following systems into one streamlined application system: Online Registration, Online Student Transfer Request, Common Application, Pre-K application.
Find the school nearest you that best matches your child's interests.
Learn about programs at each school.
Start your application for
the 2024-25 School Year!
Attend an upcoming summer enrollment clinic. View the calendar for dates or download the print flyer:
If you have any questions or need assistance, we'd love to hear from you:
Austin ISD staff can also log in the Portal and use the "AISD HELP" tile to submit a ticket under the Enrollment Services and Parent Tech category.
Families can complete registration to their zoned campus or rank the campuses they would like to transfer to. Applications are processed in the order in which they are received, and seats are offered on a rolling basis. Students waitlisted during Priority Registration may be offered seats if applicants from the first round do not accept their seat. Pre-K applications submitted during the Priority Round may now be processed. If you registered during the Priority Round and received a seat assignment, you do NOT need to register again in the General Round unless you wish to apply to a different school.
Families can visit the Enroll Austin page and click “Start your application.” Current Austin ISD families will enter the same email they use to access the parent portal and will be directed to login to the Austin ISD Parent Portal.
Families who have never accessed any Austin ISD systems will enter their preferred email. The system will recognize that the email does not yet exist in the system and will direct you to the Create Account page.
Current information will be pre-populated in the new enrollment system. Families will need to provide updated documentation for any information that has changed, such as home address.
Toward the bottom of the home page you will see:
Missing a Current Austin ISD student?
If your child is a current Austin ISD student but is not on your dashboard, add them to your account.
You will need your student’s ID number to be able to add them to your profile.
Yes. Applications submitted during General Registration will be processed in the order they are submitted. Students applying to transfer schools or to an application-based program during General Registration will receive their results on a rolling basis
Families who register for their neighborhood school are automatically accepted; however, families must complete annual forms for each student to confirm their seat.
If a student is registering for their neighborhood school or intends to enroll at a school they’ve already been attending, families can complete annual forms immediately after they submit their enrollment application. Families can fill out their child’s annual forms after their child’s seat is confirmed at a campus.
Annual forms include:
All families returning to Austin ISD will need to submit the following documents:
Additionally, families enrolling for the first time will need to provide the following documents:
Families who qualify for eligibility-based free Pre-K will be asked to provide the following documentation:
Please note: The Texas Education Agency does not allow school districts to begin processing Pre-K documentation until April 1. Families who register prior to April 1 will need to wait till April 1 to submit their documentation. Download Print Version
Log into your Enroll Austin dashboard and navigate to the Annual Forms tab. Click on the start button for each form to complete. At the bottom of each form there will be a finish button for final submission. Once all forms are finished and in the status of "Complete-Ready to Submit" click the "Submit all Forms" button for your student's annual forms.
The fastest way to submit annual forms is to upload documents directly into the enrollment system. Families can also hand-deliver the documents to their child’s campus.
Families must complete annual forms to confirm your seat 14 days after receiving an offer.
Families may see several status options in their email or Next Steps page in Enroll Austin:
Below you will find the criteria on how the platform assigns placement for students at a campus. After this assignment process, students are then accepted if there is available space. Students are grouped by their priority structure number (see chart below) and then sorted within the group by a random system-assigned lottery number.
| Order | General Priority Structure | Pre-K | Dual Language | Application Based Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students currently enrolled on a campus will be able to continue attending their campus provided that any required criteria continue to be met. | ||||
| 0 | N/A | Zoned Students Eligible for Tuition-Free Pre-K | Zoned Students Identified as Emergent Bilingual | Campus-Based Review |
| 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Dynamic Campus-Based Equity for underrepresented Students in Program as Applicable |
| 2 | Zoned Students or Children of Peace Officers or Service Members | Non-Zoned Students Eligible for Tuition-Free Pre-K | All Other Zoned Students | N/A |
| 3 | Children of AISD FTE Staff | Children of AISD FTE Staff | Children of AISD FTE Staff | Children of AISD FTE Staff |
| 4 | Siblings of Currently Attending Students at Requested Campus | Siblings of Currently Attending Students at Requested Campus | Siblings of Currently Attending Students at Requested Campus | Siblings of Currently Attending Students at Requested Campus |
| 5 | Majority-to-Minority | Majority-to-Minority | Majority-to-Minority | Majority-to-Minority |
| 6 | Tracking Transfer | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 7 | All Other In-District Applicants | All Other In-District Applicants including Tuition-Based Pre-K | All Other In-District Applicants | All Other In-District Applicants |
| 8 | Out-of-District Applicants with Sibling Currently Attending Requested Campus | Out-of-District Applicants with Sibling Currently Attending Requested Campus | Out-of-District Applicants with Sibling Currently Attending Requested Campus | Out-of-District Applicants with Sibling Currently Attending Requested Campus |
| 9 | Out-of-District Applicants with at Least Two Years of Unbroken Enrollment in AISD | N/A | Out-of-District Applicants with at Least Two Years of Unbroken Enrollment in AISD | Out-of-District Applicants with at Least Two Years of Unbroken Enrollment in AISD |
| 10 | All Other Out-of-District Applicants | All Other Out-of-District Applicants | All Other Out-of-District Applicants | All Other Out-of-District Applicants |
Students who are considering more than one school option may rank their preferences when they register. This can be any combination of school transfers or application-based programs. In early March, we will run an assignment process that seeks to assign each applicant to their highest ranked school or program based on eligibility and availability of seats.
Our goal is for all families to get into the schools that best suit their children’s needs and interests. In order to do this efficiently and equitably, we need to know how families rank their school and program preferences. We match that information with certain criteria, such as school capacity, eligibility and other priority categories (sibling transfers, tracking transfers, etc.) to maximize the number of students we can accept into their top choice. This helps ensure we are providing equitable access to our academic programs and transfer schools.
Students may apply to a maximum of seven programs or campuses.
No. Application requirements may vary. The “Next Steps” section of the application provides details for programs that have specific admissions requirements, such as an audition or an essay.
During priority registration, families may go back into the system and update their school rankings without affecting their chances of acceptance; however, after the February 6 deadline, your ranking order is final. During general registration, if you would like to submit another application for consideration you can submit another application. Please note that if you are currently on a waitlist, you will be unable to re-apply to that program as your application is already in consideration.
It is possible for a student to be waitlisted at all of their choices, in which case they are guaranteed a seat at their neighborhood school.
No. Students can only have a confirmed seat at one school at a time. If a student gets into their highest ranked choice, they will not be considered for placement at lower ranked programs. For example, if a student applies to six programs and they are offered a seat at their third highest ranked program, they will not be considered for programs they ranked four, five and six and will be placed on waitlist for higher ranked schools or programs to which they are eligible.
During Priority and General Registration, if more students applied than there are seats available, a waitlist is created. Applicants who do not receive an assignment to the school/program will be placed on the waitlist. We then use a priority structure to determine the order in which applicants are placed on the waitlist for that school/program/grade level.
Transfers follow the general priority structure.
Yes. You can check your parent dashboard for updates by clicking on “Next Steps” in the student tile. We also advise parents to watch for emails regarding offers. Applications move upward as offered seats are declined.
If you are planning to submit a "new" application during the general round, you do not lose the seat that you were offered (if offered) from the priority round UNTIL you ACCEPT another seat offer. Applying and receiving offers do not cause the loss of a currently held seat; ACCEPTING another offer causes the loss of a held seat.
Yes. You may reapply to a lower ranked school. However, your application will be considered on a first come first served basis. Please note that some schools/programs only accept applications during the priority registration.
If you have not exceeded 7 applications, you may consider applying to schools with space
available. To select additional programs, click on “Start” or “Edit” in the student tile to make your
selections, make sure to continue all the way through to submit the applications. You always will have a seat at your zoned school.
You will receive a confirmation email. You also can log into your parent portal dashboard. The student tile on the homepage will display the name of the campus.
Each campus has multiple programs at various grade levels and each of those options are independent lotteries and waitlists. Each of these is a separate program with separate lotteries for each grade level. You may be on the General Education waitlist for grade 1 and the other applicant may have been on the Dual Language waitlist for grade 1. Because these are separate waitlists, they will only move when an offered seat has been declined for that specific waitlist.
Yes. They close in September.
Students applying for transfers or to application-based programs during priority registration will receive their results March 5, 2024. Families must complete annual forms for each child by March 26 to confirm their seat.
Students applying to transfer schools or to an application-based program during general registration will receive their results on a rolling basis. Once they receive an offer, families must accept their seat within 14 days. The offer will expire after 14 days
In Enroll Austin, families have the ability to submit an appeal/Hardship Appeal request if they are experiencing extenuating circumstances and need to transfer their Student to a different school. An appeal request can be submitted for any of their Student’s (based on certain criteria) for their Future Year applications. Please note, for admission based programs no appeal process is available, except for DL.
Families can log into their account and under their particular student, they can select the “Submit Appeal” button. Clicking Submit Appeal will take the family to the Appeal Request Page. Student Name and App School Year are Pre-Populated and cannot be edited by the Parent. As the Appeal Request moves through the review process, the Status field and Parent Explanation are updated to allow Parents to see the status of their request. Hardship transfer requests shall be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis and may be approved or denied based on the information provided at the time of the request. (Local Policy: FBD)
Families can ONLY apply to these admission-based programs during this period.
Please note: To be considered for an admission-based program, all required application materials—such as auditions, essays, teacher recommendations, interviews, etc.—must be completed by Feb. 4, 2025. These requirements will be listed in the “Next Steps” tab once families have submitted their application. Families should work with campuses directly to ensure their students are able to complete the process by school-specific deadlines.
Please view a list of programs here: Austin ISD Programs
As mentioned above, some programs only accept applications during Priority Registration. Additionally, seats at many of our schools are limited. Families who register during the priority period are more likely to secure a seat at their desired campus, or admission-based program.
There is no preference given to an application submitted earlier than another application within Priority Registration.
The general transfer window for the fall semester is closed. Per District policy FDB adopted June 2023, only hardship transfers will be accepted starting in the spring of 2024. Below is part of the policy that pertains to hardship transfers:
Students seeking to transfer to a new school within the same school year may apply for a hardship transfer and, if approved, shall be permitted to transfer at the beginning of the subsequent semester unless otherwise agreed upon by the sending and receiving school. Families may apply for a hardship transfer under the following categories:
Hardship transfer requests shall be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis and may be approved or denied based on the information provided at the time of the request. Barring exigent circumstances, the transfer shall be approved for the upcoming semester. If the circumstances warrant an immediate transfer, the Office of Student Services will work with the family, the sending, and the receiving school to determine the date of transfer.
