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 2025 - 2026 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
Seat Availability for the 2025 - 2026 School Year
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
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, Riverside (Engineering), Stanton, and Wolfson.