School Access Rules

Per-school notes on whether a school is address-assigned, districtwide by grade span, choice/lottery, application-based, online, alternative, or special-program placement. These are planning notes, not enrollment guarantees; verify current-year openings with the district before making housing decisions.

318Selected schools with access notes
10Districts covered
23Official source pages linked
262Attendance-area school
15Choice school / lottery
15Option school / choice assignment
9Alternative school / application
7Attendance-area school with program
3Choice school / application
3Online or remote program
2Districtwide grade-level school
2Special program eligibility
School Access Type How You Get In Transfer + Capacity Source + Notes

Core statewide rule: OSPI says a student's resident district is based on where the student lives, and a nonresident transfer requires both the resident district to release and the nonresident district to admit the student. District and program pages then govern whether the target school is open, closed, lottery-based, waitlisted, or application-only.