Main Round for 2024 - 2025 is now closed. You can still access the Parent Portal to view your application. Eligibilities will update by end of February.
End of April
K-12 Placement results released
May 24, 2024
School Registration deadline
June 5, 2024
Open Enrollment begins
Any student interested in enrolling at a school with eligibility criteria must first meet requirements to qualify for enrollment. There are 10 schools with eligibility criteria: 4 schools with academic eligibility criteria, 5 schools with foreign language eligibility criteria, and 1 school with open house eligibility criteria. See the list below.
Students who rank a school with eligibility criteria on their NOLA-PS application and who met the eligibility criteria of the school by the Main Round deadline will be considered for admission at that school during the Main Round match. Students who do not meet the eligibility criteria OR do not rank a school with eligibility criteria will not be considered for admission at a school with eligibility criteria. Families will receive their Main Round school placement by April 30, 2024.
After the Main Round match, applicants who met the eligibility criteria for admission but didn't receive initial placement at the school will be placed on a waitlist.
Not all waitlisted students will receive a waitlist offer. Starting in June, you will receive an email if your student receives a waitlist offer. You can log into the Parent Portal to accept or decline your offer. Families must respond to waitlist offers by the expiration date and time in your offer letter or you will lose the placement opportunity. All waitlists end on September 1, 2024.
A student can be on a waitlist whether they have a school placement for the upcoming school year or not. You can complete registration at your Main Round placement school or participate in Open Enrollment and it will not change or affect your student's position on the waitlist. We recommend securing a placement and enrolling in a school with an available seat while you are on the waitlist. If you receive a waitlist offer, you can always accept that offer, which will transfer your student to that new school. Kindergarten through 12th grade is mandatory in Louisiana, so it’s best to go ahead and choose a school with an available seat so your child is ready to start the school year in August.
The only way a student is removed from the waitlist is if the parent/guardian asks for the child to be removed, if a waitlist offer is made and then expires, or if the offer is declined. If you would like to remove your student from the waitlist, please log in to the Parent Portal and submit a ticket to the Help Desk before September 1, 2024.
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The NOLA-PS NCAP is now closed, and Audubon Main Round testing is now complete. |
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The NOLA-PS NCAP is now closed. Testing information for Open Enrollment: |
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The NOLA-PS NCAP is now closed. If you did not list this school on your Main Round NCAP and are interested in having your student attend, please check back here for updates on Open Enrollment. Open Enrollment launches June 5. |
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The NOLA-PS NCAP is now closed, and The Willow School Main Round testing is now complete. |
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The NOLA-PS NCAP is now closed, and Audubon Main Round testing is now complete. |
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The NOLA-PS NCAP is now closed, and Hynes Main Round testing is now complete. If you did not list this school on your Main Round NCAP and are interested in having your student attend, please check back here for updates on Open Enrollment. Open Enrollment launches June 5. |
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The NOLA-PS NCAP is now closed, and Hynes Main Round testing is now complete. If you did not list this school on your Main Round NCAP and are interested in having your student attend, please check back here for updates on Open Enrollment. Open Enrollment launches June 5. |
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The NOLA-PS NCAP is now closed, and ISL Main Round testing is now complete. |
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The NOLA-PS NCAP is now closed, and Lycée Francais Main Round testing is now complete. |
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The NOLA-PS NCAP is now closed, and Main Round Open Houses are now complete. |
Family link is a way to try to have multiple students from the same household be assigned to the same school. Family link happens automatically when families rank school choices in the same order for multiple students under a single parent account. Family link seeks to place all linked students into the highest-ranked school choice with available seats for each applicant, even if one or more applicants would have received a higher-ranked placement without the link. Please note that all students must be eligible for all schools listed on the application and all ranked school choices must be in the same order for family link to be enabled. If a student is not eligible for one of the ranked schools on their application, family link will not apply.
Families may wish to opt out of family link. Families may rank school choices in the same order on their children’s applications, but want each child to get into the highest ranked school on their application for which they can receive a placement. If a parent/guardian would like each child to be matched to their highest ranked school (more than they would like all children to be matched to the same school), the family should opt out of family link. Opting out of family link could increase the chances that one applicant may receive a higher ranked placement, however it also increases the chances of receiving a different placement for the sibling applicants. In order to opt out of family link, email enroll@nolapublicschools.com.
If a family has more than one child born together in the same birth event, like twins, there are some special procedures for enrolling them together. If one of the twins gets accepted to a school they applied to, the other twin will also get in if they applied to the same schools. This only happens if all the kids in the family completed a Main Round application on time and with family-linked choices selected. The schools will check to make sure they are in fact siblings before they start school.
Specialized Programs are designed to meet the needs of students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities and/or students with disabilities requiring therapeutic behavioral supports.
Students must have a current IEP in order to be eligible for these specialized programs. Students who are interested in a specialized program may seek a referral through the student’s IEP team at their current school. The NOLA-PS specialized support team can assist families to connect with their child’s IEP team and learn about program options.
For more information, please review this Overview of Specialized Programs and the NOLA-PS Specialized Program Guide. Reach out to Justin Allison (jallison@nolapublicschools.com) with questions.
Additional resources for families and students with exceptionalities
For additional information about programs, organizations, and resources available throughout the city for individuals with exceptionalities, please check out the 2023 Special Education Resource Guide. The Resource Guide is a living document that contains more than 20 areas of assistance, boasting more than 170 organizations and providers. Resources to assist families obtain housing, extra-curricular activities, financial aid, transportation, and employment opportunities are just a few of the categories the Guide contains.
Formerly known as "OneApp" NCAP is the NOLA-PS Common Application Process and the only way for interested families to apply to enroll in a participating school for the upcoming school year. Families should participate in the Main Round in the late fall/early winter to have the best chance to get assigned to your top school choices. The NCAP Main Round uses a matching process where each student receives a single best school offer. The algorithm of the matching process assigns each student to their highest ranked school choice for which there is an available seat. The algorithm makes assignments based on student and school specific information.
If a student’s K-12 school offers the next grade level, the student is guaranteed a spot to return to their current school for the following school year at the next grade level.
Students who apply and are assigned to a different school will lose their guarantee to return to their previous school. Students who apply to change schools and do not receive an assignment to a ranked school will be re-assigned to the next grade level at their current school (if the next grade is offered). Families who receive a placement at a school they choose on their NCAP will forfeit any prior school placement.
Families should complete the K-12 NCAP if:
- The student is entering the public school system for the first time, such as a new kindergartener.
- The student is currently enrolled in a NOLA-PS school in a terminal grade (the last grade level offered) and will need to choose a new school for next year, such as 8th graders who need to apply to 9th grade.
- The student would like to switch schools to a different NOLA-PS K-12 school for next school year.
- The student is new to Orleans Parish and will be starting school in NOLA-PS next fall for the 2024 - 2025 school year.
- The student is seeking to transfer to a publicly funded K-12 seat in Orleans Parish for the next school year, such as from a private school, parochial school, or another school setting.
Families should NOT complete the K-12 NCAP if:
- If the student is happy with their current K-12 school and that school offers the next grade level. Returning students who do not apply to attend another school are guaranteed to return to their current K-12 school for the following school year.
- The student needs to be placed into a school for the current school year (not next school year).
Family link is a way to try to have multiple students from the same household be assigned to the same school. Family link happens automatically when families rank school choices in the same order for multiple students under a single parent account. Family link seeks to place all linked students into the highest-ranked school choice with available seats for each applicant, even if one or more applicants would have received a higher-ranked placement without the link. Please note that all students must be eligible for all schools listed on the application and all ranked school choices must be in the same order for family link to be enabled. If a student is not eligible for one of the ranked schools on their application, family link will not apply.
Families may wish to opt out of family link. Families may rank school choices in the same order on their children’s applications, but want each child to get into the highest ranked school on their application for which they can receive a placement. If a parent/guardian would like each child to be matched to their highest ranked school (more than they would like all children to be matched to the same school), the family should opt out of family link. Opting out of family link could increase the chances that one applicant may receive a higher ranked placement, however it also increases the chances of receiving a different placement for the sibling applicants. In order to opt out of family link, email enroll@nolapublicschools.com.
If a family has more than one child born together in the same birth event, like twins, there are some special procedures for enrolling them together. If one of the twins gets accepted to a school they applied to, the other twin will also get in if they applied to the same schools. This only happens if all the kids in the family completed a Main Round application on time and with family-linked choices selected. The schools will check to make sure they are in fact siblings before they start school.