FAQ

Applications are available online at the LAUSD eChoices website.

Of course! As long as you live within the Los Angeles Unified School District you are eligible to apply.

We accept applications for every grade, but our available spaces are limited in the higher grade levels.

No. Any student can apply for The Science Academy STEM Magnet.

Yes. Everyone is encouraged to apply. Magnet points are not a guarantee for acceptance.

Yes. Any student living within LAUSD’s boundaries may apply.

No. After you have submitted your eChoices application, you will receive an email notifying you of the time of your child’s assessment test. 

No. All students, regardless of gifted status or grades, must take the mandatory assessment.  Students who qualify for admission based on the assessment go into the lottery. Once in the lottery,  all students will be selected by the Magnet Lottery process. Selection notifications are generally sent  out in March. 

No. All students must pass the assessment in order to qualify for the Magnet Lottery.

If you indicated a 2nd and/or 3rd choice on your form, your child will most likely be given one of those schools and will not be on our wait list.

If your child does not initially get selected in the lottery and they do not have a 2nd or 3rd choice, they  will attend their home school while remaining on our wait list.  

If your child does not pass the assessment, and if you indicated a 2nd or 3rd choice,  your 2nd choice will  automatically become your 1st choice and you will not lose any Magnet points. If you did not indicate  a 2nd or 3rd choice, you will have to attend your home school and/or wait for the Late Application  process to begin in order to apply to a different school.

No. Students may only take the assessment test once in an enrollment year. Those who do not pass will have to wait for the following year and take the test again for the corresponding grade level that they will be entering. 

All students must pass the mandatory assessment in order to get into the lottery, whether or not they have  siblings in the program. Once in the lottery, additional sibling points will be factored in.

Only those students who pass the mandatory assessment may be eligible for admission, regardless and independent of sibling application.

We do not provide the specific results of the assessment to anyone. You will be notified, via email, as  to whether or not your child has passed the test and is eligible to continue to the lottery.

If you decline any LAUSD Magnet school offer, you will lose your Magnet points.