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About 2025-2026 Lottery Results

For School Year 2025-2026, 16,474 unique applicants submitted 51,648 applications to enroll in DC Public Schools.

Students and families submitted applications to (1) apply to Pre-Kindergarten (PK3 or PK4) as a new student or (2) apply to grades Kindergarten to 12th grade in a citywide, selective, or out-of-boundary school. No application is needed to attend an in-boundary school in grades K to 12, to re-enroll in a current school, or to enroll in the next school in your feeder pattern.

Lottery results, across DCPS and for individual schools, are available by school and grade below.

Summary Results

16,474 individual students submitted 51,648 applications to DCPS schools.
7,342 students were matched.
The grades with the highest number of applicants were PK3 and PK4 - which are not compulsory - and 9th grade, where DCPS offers several selective and citywide options. 3,896 individual students applied to PK3, 2,146 applied to PK4, and 3,144 applied to grade 9.
School Year 2025-2026 lottery data for DCPS is current as of March 28, 2025, MSDC Lottery Results Day. For the most current information on individual school waitlist lengths, please contact schools directly.

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