New Orleans Guide to High School and Beyond 2018

ENROLLNOLA
AND ONEAPP APPLICATION PROCESS
In 2011, EnrollNOLA and the OneApp process were established in response to continued calls for
greater accountability and a clear, equitable unified enrollment system.
EnrollNOLA manages admissions, readmissions, and
transfers for 95% of New Orleans public schools and
84% of its students. It also administers OneApp, the
unified application process families use to apply to the
schools of their choice, anywhere across the city.
OneApp has adapted over time to include a diverse
portfolio of schools with various programming models,
governance structures, and admissions criteria.
The Orleans Parish school Board provides students and
families with the opportunity to choose a high school
that best suits their child’s interests and needs. Through
OneApp, families may apply up to 12 preferred schools,
in order of preference, using a single application process.
95% of all Orleans Parish public schools participate in
OneApp, which means it is the application process for
the vast majority of public schools in the city. Starting
November 2018, you can submit your OneApp for the
upcoming 2019-2020 school year by visiting EnrollNOLA.
org, or by visiting an EnrollNOLA Family Resource Center:
Crocker Elementary
2300 General Taylor Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Livingston School Building
7301 Dwyer Road
New Orleans, LA 70126
Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
OPSB Central Office
2401 Westbend Pkwy.
New Orleans, LA 70114
Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Contact the Family Resource Centers at (877) 343-4773
to verify operating schedules, or visit EnrollNOLA.org.
The OneApp Process: Families can rank up to 12 high
school choices, in order of preference, on their child’s
OneApp. For students entering high school for the first
time, or who do not have a school assignment for the
upcoming year, it is strongly recommended to list all 12
choices. Please note that you can be assigned to any
school listed on your application. EnrollNOLA recommends
families utilize the ULLA High School Guide, the
EnrollNOLA School Guide and EnrollNOLA.org.
Schools to research their options and select the schools they
believe will serve their child best. Students are assigned to
their highest ranked school with availability in the student’s
grade. Placements are determined by a few factors:
– Each school’s number of available seats.
• “Seats” are the number of students the school will
serve in the upcoming school year. Please note
that, in non-entry-level grades, not as many seats
will be open for new students. This is because
current students who are rising into the next grade
will fill many seats.
– Each school’s priority structure.
• A school’s “priority structure” determines the order
in which eligible applicants will be placed into
open seats, and can include things like siblings
or children of school staff. Each school’s priorities
are publicly available and published in full in the
OneApp application materials.
– Each applicant’s priority to attend the school chosen.
• Based on the information provided by the family
and the chosen schools’ priority structures, applicants
will be sorted into a priority group. For
example: a student applies to attend a school
that offers sibling priority, and she has a sibling
who already attends her chosen school. She will
receive sibling priority to attend that school with
her sibling. Please note that priorities are not
guarantees.
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