Duval County Public Schools has a Controlled Open Enrollment (COE) plan that allows parents to enroll children in a school outside of the attendance area. Parents are allowed to select one magnet and/or one special transfer option school. If a family accepts a special assignment, any waitlisted application for 2024 - 2025 will be canceled.
Controlled Open Enrollment applications will be placed at the end of the existing waitlist in a first-come, first-served manner. Placement is not guaranteed.
2025 - 2026 School Year - Controlled Open Enrollment Application Window
The application window will open on March 24th at 7:30 a.m.
Seat Availability for the 2025 - 2026 School Year is available
2025 - 2026 Controlled Open Enrollment Special Transfer Option Applications
Enrollment is not guaranteed
Submitting an application will not automatically cancel a student's current assignment or waitlisted application
If a student is placed at a new school, families will be notified by a member of the School Choice team. You will only be contacted if/when a seat becomes available.
Parents will receive an email notification if a student is placed in a new school.
Applications will be processed if there is seat availability.
Applications are not assigned a wait list number.
For more information about this option, parents are encouraged to make an appointment with a school choice specialist.
General Information
All students entering grades K–12 are eligible to apply
Non–Duval County residents are eligible to apply
Transportation is the responsibility of parent/guardian for special transfer option schools
Transportation details for magnet schools
Schools not listed will not be considered
Late applications will not be accepted
COE applications are processed in the order in which they are received
If there is seat availability, families will receive notification of placement/assignment and next steps from the Office of School Choice
Email at School Choice a copy of your child's most current transcript when submitting applications to high school programs at Darnell-Cookman, Paxon, Stanton, and Wolfson.