The 2025-26 school year magnet lottery application will open on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 8:00 a.m.and remain open through midnight, Tuesday, December 31, 2024. The link to the magnet lottery application will be posted on this page. 


Lottery Timeline:

  • October 15 - December 31, 2024 - Magnet Lottery Application is open to receive applications.
  • January 2-10, 2025 - Magnet School Lotteries are performed
  • Week of January 13, 2025 - Assignment and non-assignment letters mailed to all families who submitted applications.
  • January 8, 2025 - Magnet Lottery Application Reopens
  • February 14, 2025 - Deadline for families to accept assignments/enroll at magnet schools
  • March 7, 2025 - Magnet Lottery Application closes
  • March 10-12, 2025 - Tier 2 Magnet School Lotteries are performed
  • March 13, 2025 - Magnet Lottery Application opens
  • Week of March 17, 2025 - Assignment and non-assignment letters mailed to all families who submitted applications
  • April 11, 2025 - Deadline for families to accept assignments/enroll at magnet schools
  • April 18, 2025 - Magnet Lottery Application is closed for season
  • Week of April 28, 2025 - Randomized wait lists are provided to each magnet school/districts

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Magnet Lottery and Application

NWSISD offers magnet schools from grades K-12 in three themes; Arts, International Baccalaureate, and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEM/STEAM).  If you have questions about the NWSISD magnet school application process, please call 763-450-1300.
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Do you live within the NWSISD boundary? Anoka-Hennepin, Brooklyn Center, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose, ISD728 (Elk River | Otsego | Rogers | Zimmerman), Fridley, Osseo, and Rockford school districts comprise Northwest Suburban Integration School District. Check what school district you live in by going to pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us and typing in your zip code. 


NWSISD Magnet School and Lottery policies and procedures can be found below: