St. Louis Public Schools Magnet and Choice Schools

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As of May 26, 2017, 2017-18 School Year applications submitted online are no longer being received and processed. Paper submitted applications for schools and grades where open seats exist will be processed from May 26, 2017 until August 9, 2017, for potential placement in the 2017-18 school year. Paper applications submitted for schools and grades where seats do not exist will not be processed. Please see listing below for schools and grades with projected open seats. Applications will be processed for potential placement on a first-come first-served basis. Visit this link  to access a printable 2017-18 School Year Application.

If you have already created a parent account and wish to view the dashboard for your child's submitted application(s) you can still login to your account.

Please be sure to login in with the email used in the first/previous account established to create applications and communicate the status of your applications. If you create an additional parent account and attempt to apply for a student that is already listed under another/previous parent account, the system will not let you proceed with that application. You will receive a message telling you that the student already exists within the system.

New for the 2017-18 School Year, parents may submit placement requests/apply for their child to be considered for both Gifted Education Program schools and General Education Program Schools simultaneously. This consideration is being offered to allow for children awaiting testing for Gifted Education Program Schools to also be considered for placement into General Education Schools if the student does not test eligible for Gifted Education Programs after the lottery has been run.

If the situation occurs where a student is determined eligible for Gifted Education Programs and is accepted to both Gifted and General Education Program Schools requested in submitted applications, the parent will be asked to choose which school they desire for the child to attend and this decision is final. A student cannot hold seats to two different SLPS Magnet Schools at one time. The offered seat that is declined will no longer be available for the child after the choice of the two schools is selected by the parent/guardian of the student.   

Click to apply for GENERAL EDUCATION Programs

 GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Early Childhood 

• Wilkinson ECC P3- 2nd
• Stix ECC P3-2nd

Elementary

•  Ames Visual and Performing Arts P4-5th
• Dewey International Studies P4-5th
• Gateway Elementary P4-5th
• Humboldt Academy of Higher Learning 3rd-5th
• Lyon Academy @ Blow Kg-8th
• Mullanphy Investigative Learning Center P3-5th
• Shaw Visual and Performing Arts P4-5th
• Washington Montessori P3-5th

Middle

• Academy of Entrepreneurship Studies Middle 6-8 (CHOICE school-city residents only)  
• Busch Middle school of Character 6-8
• Carr Lane VPA Middle 6-8
• Compton-Drew Investigative Learning Center 6-8
• Gateway Math & Science Prep Middle 6-8

High Schools 

• Central Visual and Performing Arts
• Soldan International Studies
• Cleveland Naval Junior
• Northwest Academy of Law (CHOICE school-city residents only)
• Metro Academic and Classical
• Clyde C. Miller Career Academy (CHOICE school-city residents only)
• McKinley Classical Leadership
• Carnahan High School of the Future (CHOICE school-city residents only)
• Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience

Click to apply for GIFTED EDUCATION Programs

 GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• Columbia GE: PK4, KG & 1st for 2017-18
• Kennard CJA: PK4-5th
• Mallinckrodt AGI: PK4-5th
• Gifted Classroom at Stix: KG, 1st and 2nd Only
• McKinley CJA Middle: 6th, 7th and 8th

With thirty specialty schools to choose from, the St. Louis Magnet Schools offer an exciting, tuition free alternative for students of all ages and abilities.