If a program’s eligibility is “Open to students who live in the zone,” this means it’s only open to applicants who live in the smaller geographic zone around a particular school (rather than the larger middle school district). Other district programs may be open to a smaller group of applicants.Some district programs are open only to students who live or go to school in that district.District programs are open to students in the district where your family is zoned for middle school and, when different, in the district where your child goes to public elementary school.Middle school programs have different eligibility criteria: Students who live and attend schools in other districts are not eligible to apply to that program, and will not see or have it as an option on their application. For instance, if a program’s eligibility is “Open to students and residents of District 27,” this means that only students who live or attend public elementary schools in District 27 can apply. If you are using this public view, be sure to check any program's Eligibility Information (see below) to see if your child can apply.Ī program's eligibility tells you who can apply to it. When the application period is closed, or when you are not logged in to your account, all middle schools in the city will appear as search options.If a program is one that your child can't apply to, it will not show up in your account as an option. This means that your search will include as options only the middle school programs that they’re eligible to attend. During the application period, when you're logged in to your MySchools account, you will have a directory experience personalized to your child.You can look up or search for middle school programs in the searchable online directory at MySchools.nyc. Understand Your Child's Middle School Optionsīefore you begin exploring middle schools, it's helpful to learn about the options your child has and is eligible for. LGBTQ and gender nonconforming students.Students with disabilities: If your child's Individualized Education Programs (IEP) recommends District 75 programs, learn more at /D75.Current public district and charter school students.Our middle schools welcome and serve all of the following: Please note: Families who are temporarily living outside of NYC due to the ongoing pandemic but whose primary residence is in NYC are eligible to participate in admissions this year.Īdditionally, current fourth grade students who live or go to school in District 3 can apply to the Center School (03M243) current fourth grade students who live or go to school in Queens can apply to Louis Armstrong Middle School (30Q227) and all current sixth grade students can apply to Baccalaureate School for Global Education (30Q580). A current fifth grade student, or a current sixth grade student if their elementary school ends in sixth grade.Your child must be both of the following to apply: Apply to middle school when your child is in their last year of elementary school. New to NYC public schools and need a middle school for your child now? Learn what to do on our New Students page.Īll New York City children are guaranteed a seat at a public middle school. Watch our videos in the playlist above.Sign up for our middle school admissions email list for updates and reminders, including information on when waitlists will close this year.
Don't have a MySchools account and want to view your offer now? Talk to your current school or a Family Welcome Center.If a school can make you a waitlist offer, they will contact you directly and you would have one week to accept or decline it. You can also add your child to additional waitlists. Added by parent/guardian, while waitlists are open––optional.If your child's offer is not to their first-choice program, they are automatically on the waitlist for any program listed higher on their application than the program where they received an offer-learn more on our Waitlists page. There are two ways a child can be on programs' waitlists:
Information about waitlists, including anywhere your child is waitlisted.This offer is accepted automatically––there’s nothing else you need to do!