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Option schools/programs offer specialized educational instruction to pre-K, elementary, middle, and high school students. Families interested in an option school/program must submit an application online during a specific time period.
APS allows limited transfers between neighborhood schools, based on capacity and financial constraints. Families interested in an available school transfer must submit an online application during a specific time period.
Lotteries: APS conducts a random, double-blind lottery through SchoolMint, a 3rd party vendor, to determine admission when more applications are received than there are seats available.
Application Data: After each lottery, APS makes public application data. Please note the publication date for each option school/program or school transfer.
Waitlists: Students who applied, but were not selected through the lottery process, are placed in numerical order on a waitlist. Waitlists continually change as seats become available. Families who have applied to an option school or for a school transfer can view up-to-date waitlist information by logging into the online application portal.
Seats Offered: The number of seats available at each school and/or program are based on the Superintendent’s Annual Update to the School Board on enrollment and projections.
Number of Applicants: The number of students who applied to an option school/program or for a school transfer during open the application window.
For additional information or questions, please contact the APS Welcome Center at 703-228-8000 or schooloptions@apsva.us.
Secondary Option Schools - School Year 2023-24 - Data as of Feb. 13, 2023
H-B Woodlawn Grades 6-8
75 available seats for school year 2023-24.
All seats accepted.
Grade 6
| School |
Seats Offered |
Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlist |
| Abingdon | 4 | 39 | 24 |
| Alice West Fleet | 3 | 15 | 12 |
| Arlington Science Focus | 3 | 22 | 16 |
| ATS | 3 | 72 | 62 |
| Ashlawn | 3 | 35 | 29 |
| Barcroft | 2 | 17 | 15 |
| Barrett | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Campbell | 2 | 26 | 21 |
| Cardinal | 4 | 50 | 43 |
| Carlin Springs | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| Claremont | 3 | 30 | 24 |
| Discovery | 4 | 18 | 12 |
| Dr. Charles R. Drew | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Glebe | 3 | 35 | 32 |
| Hoffman-Boston | 2 | 15 | 9 |
| Innovation | 3 | 34 | 19 |
| Jamestown | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| Escuela Key | 4 | 42 | 38 |
| Long Branch | 2 | 20 | 17 |
| MPSA | 2 | 23 | 20 |
| Nottingham | 3 | 31 | 28 |
| Oakridge | 4 | 19 | 13 |
| Randolph | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Taylor | 3 | 19 | 13 |
| Tuckahoe | 3 | 24 | 20 |
| Resident students not enrolled in APS | 1 | 36 | 29 |
Grade 7 and 8
| School Allocation | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlist |
| Grade 7 | 0 | 135 | 129 |
| Grade 8 | 0 | 117 | 116 |
H-B Woodlawn Grades 9-12
26 seats available for school year 2023-24.
All seats accepted.
Grade 9
| School | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlist |
| Dorothy Hamm | 4 | 62 | 40 |
| Gunston | 5 | 44 | 23 |
| Jefferson | 4 | 46 | 28 |
| Kenmore | 5 | 37 | 20 |
| Swanson | 4 | 45 | 27 |
| Williamsburg | 3 | 43 | 28 |
| Resident students not enrolled in APS | 1 | 35 | 26 |
Grades 10-12
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlist |
| Grade 10 | 0 | 45 | 40 |
| Grade 11 | 0 | 20 | 18 |
| Grade 12 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
High School Option Schools/Programs
| School | Seats Offered / Accepted | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlist |
| Arlington Tech | |||
| Grade 9 | 130 / 130 | 352 | 117 |
| Grade 10 | 20 / 8 | 18 | 0 |
| Grade 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington-Liberty IB Program | |||
| Grade 9 | 80 | 209 | 55 |
| Grade 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Grade 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| AP Network at Wakefield | |||
| Grade 9 | 15 / 11 | 56 | 1 |
| Grade 10 | 2 / 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Grade 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grade 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dual Language (English and Spanish) Immersion Program at Wakefield | |||
| Grade 9* | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| Grade 10* | 1/1 | 2 | 1 |
| Grade 11* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grade 12* | 0 | 1 | 1 |
(*) Waiting for the intent-to-return forms from students currently attending Immersion in APS. These students have guaranteed admission into the program’s next level.
Once families commit and/or decline attendance, if seats become available, students waitlisted will start to receive offers.
Dual Language Spanish Immersion at Gunston Middle School
| School | Seats Offered / Seats Accepted | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlist |
| Grade 6 * | 3 / 3 | 14 | 11 |
| Grade 7 * | 2 / 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Grade 8 * | 1 / 1 | 1 | 0 |
(*) Waiting for the intent-to-return forms from students currently attending Immersion in APS. These students have guaranteed admission into the program’s next level.
Once families commit and/or decline attendance, if seats become available, students waitlisted will start to receive offers.
Montessori at Gunston Middle School
| School | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlist |
| Grade 6* | 0 | 26 | 22 |
| Grade 7* | 3 / 3 | 14 | 12 |
| Grade 8* | 4 / 4 | 4 | 0 |
(*) Waiting for the intent-to-return forms from students currently attending Immersion in APS.
These students have guaranteed admission into the program’s next level.Once families commit and/or decline attendance, if seats become available, students waitlisted will start to receive offers.
Secondary School Transfers - School Year 2023-24 - Data as of April 13, 2023
Washington-Liberty High School - Neighborhood Transfers
| Grade | Seats Offered / Seats Accepted | Number of Applicants | Waitlisted Students |
| Grade 9 | 20 / 19 | 143 | 98 |
| Grade 10 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| Grade 11 | 15 / 11 | 24 | 0 |
| Grade 12 | 15 / 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 50 / 35 | 213 | 136 |
Yorktown High School - Neighborhood Transfers
| Grade | Seats Offered / Seats Accepted | Number of Applicants | Waitlisted Students |
| Grade 9 | 15 / 13 | 24 | 0 |
| Grade 10 | 5 / 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Grade 11 | 5 / 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Grade 12 | 5 / 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 30 / 19 | 43 | 0 |
Dorothy Hamm Middle School - Neighborhood Transfers
| Grade | Seats Offered / Seats Accepted | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlist |
| Grade 6 | 20 / 18 | 71 | 38 |
| Grade 7 | 10 / 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Grade 8 | 5 / 5 | 10 | 2 |
Kenmore Middle School - Neighborhood Transfers
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlist |
| Grade 6 | 20 / 20 | 37 | 13 |
| Grade 7 | 10 / 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Grade 8 | 5 / 3 | 8 | 1 |
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
No transfer spaces for school year 2023-24
Williamsburg Middle School - Neighborhood Transfers
| Grade | Seats Offered / Seats Accepted | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlist |
| Grade 6 | 10 / 10 | 49 | 33 |
| Grade 7 | 5 / 5 | 16 | 8 |
| Grade 8 | 5 / 3 | 5 | 0 |
Elementary Option Schools - School Year 2023 -24 - Data as of June 1, 2023
Arlington Traditional School
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | VPI Students Admitted | Siblings | Waitlisted Students |
| K | 91 | 320 | 45 | 39 | 170 |
| 1 | 0 | 119 | 1 | 109 | |
| 2 | 0 | 119 | 3 | 105 | |
| 3 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 68 | |
| 4 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 67 | |
| 5 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 38 | |
Campbell Elementary School
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | VPI Students Admitted | Siblings | Waitlisted Students |
| K | 63 | 154 | 23 | 27 | 49 |
| 1 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 32 | |
| 2 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 16 | |
| 3 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 18 | |
| 4 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 14 |
Montessori Public School of Arlington
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlisted Students |
| 1 | 13 | 67 | 7 | 49 |
| 2 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 32 |
| 3 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 15 |
Claremont Dual Language Immersion
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | VPI Students Admitted | Siblings | Waitlisted Students |
| K Spanish | 48 | 75 | 46 | 13 | 17 |
| K (Non-Spanish) | 48 | 86 | 11 | 26 | 26 |
| 1 (Spanish) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 (Non-Spanish) | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | |
| 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
Escuela Key Dual Language Immersion
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | VPI Students Admitted | Siblings | Waitlisted Students |
| K Spanish | 48 | 67 | 20 | 21 | 12 |
| K (Non-Spanish) | 48 | 83 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 1 (Spanish) | 1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | |
| 1 (Non-Spanish) | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Elementary Targeted Neighborhood Transfers - School Year 2023-24 - Data as of June 1, 2023
| Neighborhood School | Seats Available | Number of Applicants | Students Waitlisted |
| Cardinal | 35 | 22 | 0 |
| Dr. Charles R. Drew | 30 | 9 | 0 |
| Innovation | 30 | 30 | 0 |
Early Childhood Programs - School Year 2023-24 - Data as of June 1, 2023
Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI)
| Elementary School | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlists |
| Abingdon | 16 | 36 | 3 |
| ATS | 48 | 157 | 12 |
| Ashlawn | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| Barcroft | 32 | 34 | 0 |
| Barrett | 28 | 34 | 0 |
| Campbell | 48 | 99 | 5 |
| Carlin Springs | 48 | 34 | 0 |
| Claremont | 64 | 75 | 1 |
| Dr. Charles R. Drew | 28 | 22 | 0 |
| Fleet | 32 | 23 | 0 |
| Hoffman-Boston | 28 | 55 | 9 |
| Innovation | 42 | 52 | 0 |
| Escuela Key | 32 | 84 | 3 |
| Long Branch | 16 | 21 | 0 |
| Oakridge | 16 | 21 | 0 |
| Randolph | 28 | 31 | 0 |
PreK Montessori
Carling Springs Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 5 | 25 | 1 | 12 |
| 4-year-olds | 4 | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 15-year-olds | 0 | 20 | 0 | 8 |
Discovery Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 15 | 42 | 0 | 18 |
| 4-year-olds | 11 | 28 | 0 | 6 |
| 15-year-olds | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 |
Fleet Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 12 | 92 | 3 | 59 |
| 4-year-olds | 0 | 61 | 2 | 46 |
| 15-year-olds | 0 | 37 | 0 | 17 |
Jamestown Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 12 | 44 | 1 | 19 |
| 4-year-olds | 11 | 45 | 0 | 24 |
| 15-year-olds | 0 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
Oakridge Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 6 | 46 | 0 | 29 |
| 4-year-olds | 2 | 36 | 0 | 23 |
| 15-year-olds | 0 | 24 | 0 | 14 |
Montessori Public School of Arlington
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 47 | 226 | 16 | 132 |
| 4-year-olds | 8 | 164 | 7 | 93 |
| 15-year-olds | 7 | 116 | 6 | 71 |
Community Peer PreK (CPP)
Coming in mid-june
Alice West Fleet
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| 4-year-olds | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Barcroft
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Carlin Springs
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 2-year-olds | 3 | 28 | 2 |
| 3-year-olds | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 4 | 12 | 0 |
Dr. Charles R. Drew
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Glebe
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 4-year-olds | 5 | 22 | 9 |
Hoffman-Boston
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| 4-year-olds | 3 | 15 | 3 |
Innovation
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 4 | 17 | 1 |
| 4-year-olds | 5 | 20 | 0 |
Jamestown
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 2-year-olds | 3 | 17 | 1 |
Nottingham
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Taylor
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Tuckahoe
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 6 | 13 | 3 |
Non-neighborhood applicants
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 2-year-olds | 0 | 30 | 28 |
| 3-year-olds | 0 | 26 | 18 |
| 4-year-olds | 0 | 26 | 13 |