Magnet Enrollment Priorities

The following five priorities are ranked 1 through 5, with priority 1 receiving the highest placement on the enrollment list for each school, followed by priority 2 and then 3, 4, 5 in that order. Priorities are valid only during the open application period, November 1 through February 15.

1. Continuity: Middle and high school students continue from a similar Magnet program
2. Siblings of a concurrently enrolled students
3. Priority at higher achieving Magnet schools for students who are lowest achieving and from low-income families at Program Improvement schools
4. General Magnet request with priorities by high school cluster (see below)
5. Out of district Magnet request

Magnet applications are also sorted by high school cluster:

1. Cluster 1 - Clairemont, Henry, La Jolla, Point Loma, Scripps Ranch, University City
2. Cluster 2 - Kearny, Madison, Mira Mesa, Mission Bay, Morse, Serra
3. Cluster 3 - Crawford, Lincoln, Hoover, San Diego

A student's high school cluster is determined by the address of residence, regardless of grade level. Some Magnet schools will accept students in high school cluster order 1, 2, 3, while other Magnet schools will accept students in cluster order 3, 2, 1. A few schools with limited or no resident populations (dedicated magnets) will accept 45% of their nonresident students from cluster 3, 32% from cluster 2, and 23% from cluster 1. Please see each Magnet school description in the Select A School section for cluster order.

Revised May 20, 2009