Elementary School Choice
Norwalk Public Schools is excited to give our elementary school families choice with Elementary School Choice. Families with children entering kindergarten through fifth grade will have the opportunity to learn more about our 13 amazing elementary schools and find the school that best fits them.
Families can take advantage of our magnet programs that focus on language, character, college and career readiness, and visual and performing arts. We also take great pride in our elementary schools that build community and offer their own unique programs and educational opportunities.
To achieve our mission to provide an excellent and equitable education for all students to graduate future ready, we need to provide options, and we’re proud that we can offer many of them to our families.
The Elementary School Choice lottery closed on Monday, March 2, 2026. The lottery drawing occured on March 9, 2026 and notifications were made to families shortly after.
Kindergarten registration and new student registration for the 2026-27 school year are now open!
Elementary School Choice Catalog
How It Works
Which students will be part of Elementary School Choice?
All students entering grades kindergarten through fifth can participate in the lottery for Elementary School Choice. Families will rank their top choices on the lottery application.
Magnet/choice schools included in the lottery process:
- Brookside Elementary School (pre-K Montessori - must live in Brookside school zone to apply)
- Concord Magnet School
- Jefferson Marine Science Elementary School
- Kendall College and Career Academy
- Naramake Elementary School (an International Baccalaureate World School)
- Silvermine Dual-Language Magnet School
- Tracey Magnet School
- Wolfpit Integrated Arts School
If you need an intra-district transfer to one of our neighborhood schools, your family will need to make an Intra-District Transfer request. Click here to find the Intra-District Transfer request form.
Neighborhood schools include:
- Brookside Elementary School
- Cranbury Elementary School
- Fox Run Elementary School
- Jefferson Marine Science Elementary School
- Kendall College and Career Academy
- Marvin Elementary School
- Naramake Elementary School
- Rowayton Elementary School
- Silvermine Dual-Language Magnet School
- South Norwalk Neighborhood School
- Tracey Magnet School
- Wolfpit Integrated Arts School
Visit the School Assignments page to find which school your home is districted for on the School Assignments by Street Name list.
Do current elementary school students get to participate in Elementary School Choice?
Yes. Students already enrolled in a Norwalk elementary school can participate in the Elementary School Choice Lottery.
How does the Elementary School Choice lottery process work?
If families are interested in applying to one of our magnet/choice schools, they will have the opportunity to enter a centralized lottery for available seats in their school of interest.
Parents will log into the lottery system where they can apply to multiple schools for their child. An algorithm based on prioritization set by the district randomly selects students for each school.
Our lotteries are weighted to provide sibling preference. To qualify, the sibling must be enrolled and attending the school during the school year that the lottery applicant sibling would begin (typically the following year).
If the other sibling will not be attending the school in that year, sibling preference would not apply.
Once the lottery has been run, the acceptance list is generated and a waitlist is generated as well for each program. Families will be notified by email to their application status as well as acceptance into each program.
What is the timeline for Elementary School Choice?
The Elementary School Choice lottery closed on Monday, March 2, 2026. The lottery drawing occured on March 9, 2026 and notifications were made to families shortly after.