St. Louis Public Schools Magnet and Choice Schools

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.

 #We Choose SLPS

 

The Office of Student Recruitment looks forward to assisting families interested in attending a St. Louis Magnet or Choice School. For more information regarding the application process, please email or call (314) 633-5200.

 

For the 2020-21 School Year application period and beyond: St. Louis County students residing in participating St. Louis County school districts must have a sibling currently attending an SLPS Magnet School to be considered for potential placement in schools for grades KG-12. Please contact the Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation at 314-772-8422 for more information. Participating School District St. Louis County Resident families can email.

 

SLPS Magnet, Choice and Comprehensive General Education Program School Applications for the 2020-21 school year will be available beginning Wednesday, October 1, 2019. NEW FOR 2020-21: Applicants interested in attending Roosevelt, Sumner or Vashon Comprehensive High Schools may request these options. 

 

SLPS Magnet and Choice Gifted Education Program School Applications for the 2020-21 school year will be available beginning Monday, September 16, 2019. This earlier application period opening for Gifted Program Schools is intended to allow for additional testing of applicants prior to the 2020-21 School Year SLPS Magnet and Choice Schools Pool A Placement Lottery. For more information regarding St. Louis Public Schools Gifted Programs eligibility determination/testing, please call the SLPS Gifted & Talented Office at (314) 345-2435. NEW FOR 2020-21: Assigned Testing/Evaluation Appointments will be provided to Gifted Education Programs applicants by the SLPS Gifted Office.

 

2020-21 school year online application submissions will be closed after May 21, 2020. Only paper submitted applications to schools and grades with open seats will be processed up until August 7, 2020. You will NOT be notified if your paper application submitted after May 21, 2020 has not been processed.

 

2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR SLPS MAGNET AND CHOICE SCHOOLS OPEN SEATS AS OF 01/27/2020
Elementary Site Name	Grade	Open Seats
AMES ES	P4	49
	K	66
	1	55
	2	62
	3	65
	4	49
	5	72
COLUMBIA GIFTED ELEMENTARY	P4	24
	K	20
	1	15
	2	12
	3	10
	4	8
DEWEY INTERNATIONAL STUDIES	P4	50
	K	15
	1	21
	2	20
	3	20
	4	12
	5	23
GATEWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	P4	33
	K	52
	1	26
	2	17
	3	24
	5	15
HUMBOLDT SCHOOL OF HIGHER LEARNING	3	31
	4	86
	5	94
LYON ABI	P3	11
	P4	8
	K	10
	2	4
	3	0
	4	8
	5	2
	6	3
MULLANPHY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	P3	3
	P4	30
	K	26
	1	11
	2	20
	3	17
	4	15
	5	27
SHAW VPA-CEC	P4	10
	K	58
	1	30
	2	34
	3	24
	4	17
	5	24
STIX ECC General Education	1	3
	2	10
STIX Gifted Classroom	K	21
	1	12
	2	14
WASHINGTON MONTESSORI	P3	34
	P4	6
	K	46
	1	24
	2	24
	3	30
	4	26
	5	45
WILKINSON ECC	K	6
	1	6
	2	28
Middle Site Name	Grade	Open Seats
CARR LANE VPA	6	122
	7	54
	8	68
MCKINLEY CLASSICAL JR. ACADEMY	6	40
	7	25
	8	8
GATEWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL	6	74
	7	44
	8	42
AESM L'OUVERTURE	6	200
	7	93
	8	80
COMPTON-DREW ILC	6	44
	8	22
All SLPS Magnet and Choice High Schools* Except Metro A&C,
Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience and McKinley CLAHS
Have Open Seats At Appropriate Grade Levels
*PLACEMENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA MUST BE MET
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PLACEMENT