The East Baton Rouge Parish School System will offer Public School Choice for the 2025-2026 school year from March 10, 2025 – April 7, 2025 and June 16, 2025 – August 15, 2025 to K -12 students enrolled in schools that received a letter grade of “D” or “F”.
Beginning March 10, 2025, parents/guardians may complete a Public School Choice application. Transportation will be provided to the choice school.
Since enrollment is subject to availability, it is possible that your child will not be accepted into the first choice selected. “Capacity” for each school shall be defined as the number of students to be determined by applying the provisions of La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXV-913 regarding maximum student enrollment numbers for each classroom (grades K-3 shall be 26 students and in grades 4- 12, 33 students or as amended) of a school site to determine the maximum number of students allowed by multiplying the number of classrooms by the appropriate grade level allowed student enrollment number. Functional capacity for each school with a special program, shall be defined as the number of students per classroom to be determined by the Superintendent and staff based on the needs and characteristics of the special program within the school. If requests outnumber available seats and the choice requests cannot be filled, students will remain at their current school.
If you wish for your child to participate in the Choice Program, please complete the online application from March 10, 2025 -April 7, 2025 and June 16, 2025- August 15, 2025.
Families who are new residents in the attendance zones of these schools or who reside in one of the zones and plan to transfer into the public school system may complete an application and explain their situation in the ‘Additional Information’ section.
New residents to the attendance zones and/or new transfers to the public school system will have fourteen days to apply for school choice. If you are applying for multiple children, you will need to complete an application for each child.
The East Baton Rouge Parish School System and all of its entities (including Career and Technical Education Programs) do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, national origin, disability, or gender in its educational programs and activities (including employment and application for employment), and it is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of gender by Title IX (20 USC 168) and on the basis of disability by Section 504 (42 USC 794). The Title IX Coordinator is Andrew Davis, Director of Risk Management – ADavis6@ebrschools.org, (225) 929-8705. The Section 504 Coordinator is Danielle Staten-Ojo – DStaten@ebrschools.org, (225) 326-5668.
