The lottery process only impacts new resident students from the attendance area at these Level 3 schools.
Students who are currently enrolled in one of these schools can still attend. Each grade will have a limited number of spaces in planned classes. This will ensure enrolment does not exceed the available space at these schools.
RESIDENT STUDENTS
In most cases, Level 3 schools will not accept new registrations if the student is not a resident student from the school’s designated attendance area. Resident students outside of the attendance area may be accepted if a sibling is currently attending the school, and there is space in planned classes.
New non-resident students who live in the school’s attendance area can attend another Edmonton Public School with space in planned classes or can attend a school in another school division.
When a sibling of a student currently attending the school and returning to the school the following year has registered or pre-enrolled by 4 p.m. on March 19, the following applies for siblings who are new to the school:
siblings who are resident students and live in the attendance area are given priority, but are not guaranteed to attend if there is not enough space at their grade level
resident siblings who live outside the attendance area can only attend if there is space in planned classes after resident students living in the attendance area are enrolled
OVERFLOW DESIGNATED SCHOOLS
Each Level 3 school has an overflow designated school. Resident students who do not get into their designated school through the lottery are guaranteed to attend their overflow designated school, or they can choose to enrol at another Division school with space or remain at their current school, if applicable.
Siblings may also enrol at the overflow designated school.
CHOOSING ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS OR OTHER DIVISION SCHOOLS
Resident students who register or pre-enrol in an alternative program or other Division school and are not accepted, are usually able to attend their designated school. However, this may not be true if the school is at Level 3 on the Growth Control Model and is using a lottery process.
If the Level 3 designated school is full in your child’s grade following a lottery process, your child can attend their overflow designated school or another school with space in planned classes.
AFTER PRE-ENROLMENT CLOSES
If the number of new resident attendance area students is higher than the limit set for a specific grade, the lottery process will be used. This only applies to new resident students.
Division administration will conduct the lottery on behalf of the Level 3 schools.
Level 3 schools will notify families about the lottery results by April.
Resident students who did not get into their Level 3 designated school through the lottery can attend their overflow designated school, another Division school with space, or remain at their current school. Siblings may also enrol at the overflow designated school.
Resident students who did not get into their Level 3 designated school through the lottery process can be put on a callback list if requested.
Resident students who register or move into the Level 3 school’s attendance area after pre-enrolment closes on March 19, 2025, will be added to the bottom of the callback list if requested. They can attend their overflow designated school, another Division school with space in planned classes, or choose to remain at their current school.
If spaces in planned classes at the Level 3 school open up, they will be offered to students on the callback list until the last school day before pre-enrolment begins next school year.
Yellow bus service will be available for eligible K–6 students attending their overflow designated school. Bus fees will apply.
Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) is the preferred transportation method for junior high and high school students; however, if ETS is not available, eligible students attending their overflow designated school may be able to apply for yellow bus service. Bus fees will apply.
Families who choose to attend a school of choice rather than an overflow designated school will need to make their own transportation arrangements to get their child to and from school.
