Tulsa Public Schools Enrollment Preferences

Neighborhood schools Pre-K-12th grade:

• Preferences are awarded in the following order:
  • Neighborhood students have a guaranteed seat
  • Students whose guardian (s) work at that school
  • Students with siblings already attending the school
  • Students whose guardian(s) work for Tulsa Public Schools Neighborhood schools

6th-12th grade at a single campus for transitional grades

• Preferences are awarded in the following order:
  • Neighborhood students have a guaranteed seat
  • Students whose guardian (s) work at that school
  • Students with siblings already attending the school (with or without a current transfer)
  • Current students (with or without a current transfer)
  • Students whose guardian(s) work for Tulsa Public Schools

Charter Schools:

• Students with siblings already attending the school
• Academic Enterprise Zone (College Bound Academy, KIPP)

Magnet Schools:

Kindergarten-5th Grade Elementary Lottery schools (Mayo, Zarrow, Eisenhower, Mendez) – within each quadrant:

• Students with siblings and who entered during or after the 2018-2019 school year have a preference if: during the year in which the younger sibling will be enrolled the older sibling will still be a student at the school
• Students with siblings and who entered prior to or during the 2017-2018 school year have a guarantee if: during the year in which the younger sibling will be enrolled the older sibling will still be a student at the school
• Out of district siblings do not have preference.

Middle School Lottery schools:

• Thoreau Middle School
  • Applicants who attend an elementary lottery magnet school
• Rogers Middle School
  • Applicants who attend Kendall Whittier ES or Sequoyah ES
• Middle School Criteria (Carver Middle School, Edison Middle School)
  • Carver MS special condition – any eligible applicant who resides in the historical Booker T. Washington school area and meets the criteria has preference
  • Edison Middle School Criteria Magnet Program – no preferences

High School Criteria Schools (Booker T. Washington High School, Edison High School, and Tulsa Engineering Academy Magnet at Memorial High School):

• Booker T. Washington High School special conditions
  • any eligible applicant who resides in the historical Booker T. Washington High School area and meets the criteria has preference
  • any eligible applicant who attends Carver MS and meets the criteria has preference
• Edison High School Criteria Magnet Program special condition – any eligible applicant who attends Edison Middle School and meets the criteria has preference

High School lottery (Rogers High School):

• Eligible applicants attending Rogers Middle School have preference

Sibling definition: A sibling is defined as children who reside at the same address or have a legal document that specifies a split residence and who share at least one common biological or legal parent whether through natural or adoptive means, including biological siblings that share parents; half siblings that share a single parent; step siblings that share a parent or parents through marriage; children who share a parent or parents through adoption or guardianship; and foster children awaiting permanent placement.