New enrollments
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Enroll for the 2026-27 school year
All families new to the Anoka-Hennepin School District for the 2026-27 school year may begin enrolling students in January 2026. (This includes new kindergarten families and families new to the Anoka-Hennepin school district attendance boundaries.)
Families may use the school finder tool to determine school assignments for the upcoming school year. Please use the school finder tool to learn the school your student is assigned to attend, based on your home address.
In-district transfers and open enrollments
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In-district transfer explained
An in-district transfer is for a student who resides in the Anoka-Hennepin School District and wants to transfer to a different Anoka-Hennepin school from their regularly assigned school. For example, if a Blaine High School student wants to attend Coon Rapids High School, the parent or guardian must request an in-district transfer.
- Families that apply for an in-district transfer application by the January 15 deadline for the first round priority lottery will receive confirmation of enrollment by February 15 for the next school year.
- If your student does not receive confirmation of enrollment in the first round of the lottery, two additional lottery processes will be held in mid-April and mid-June for the next school year.
- The application form is only available during the three lottery rounds.
The in-district transfer process is closed after the third and final lottery round and additional applications will not be accepted.
- Families that apply for an in-district transfer application by the January 15 deadline for the first round priority lottery will receive confirmation of enrollment by February 15 for the next school year.
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Open enrollment explained
Families that submit an open enrollment application by the January 15 deadline for the first round priority lottery will receive communication regarding the status of their student’s application by February 15 for the next school year.
Most Anoka-Hennepin schools are available to students from outside the district through Minnesota's open enrollment program. The application period is Dec. 1 through Jan. 15 each year, but Anoka-Hennepin accepts open enrollment applications year round. The district will continue to accept applications after the deadline and review them within 90 days per state statute. Students applying for the current school year may be enrolled once their application has been reviewed based on space availability.Open enrollment approval guarantees a space in the Anoka-Hennepin School District through graduation. Open enrollment is a commitment to another school district, not necessarily the choice of school in that district. If space is not available in the chosen school, the district will offer another school within the district. For example, a student who lives in the Osseo School District could request open enrollment to attend Jackson Middle School in the Anoka-Hennepin School District. If Jackson Middle School is full, the district will offer the option to open enroll at another Anoka-Hennepin middle school.
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Specialty/magnet schools explained
Anoka-Hennepin has 13 specialty/magnet schools and programs. Each specialty/magnet school offers the same core curriculum as other district schools, but with a unique emphasis, including: the arts, science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM/STEAM); International Baccalaureate (IB); and world studies.
- Champlin-Brooklyn Park Academy for Math and Environmental Science.
- Evergreen Park Elementary - STEM School of Innovation
- Hoover Elementary School - Biomedical, Health Sciences, and Engineering.
- Lincoln Elementary School for the Arts.
- Monroe Elementary School - Mathematics, Children's Engineering and Science.
- University Avenue Elementary School - Aerospace, Children's Engineering and Science.
- Anoka High School- Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM).
- Blaine High School - Center for Engineering, Mathematics and Science.
- Champlin Park High School - International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
- Coon Rapids High School - Center for Biomedical Sciences and Engineering.
- Secondary Technical Education Program (STEP).
Northwest Suburban Integration School District (NWSISD)
The district is also part of NWSISD, a collaborative of seven area school districts in the northwest metro providing schools and communities with a variety of programs and services to promote racial equity and cultural awareness. The seven member districts of NWSISD are: Anoka-Hennepin Schools, Brooklyn Center Schools, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools, Elk River Area School District, Fridley Public Schools, Osseo Area Schools and Rockford Area Schools.
These schools are part of Anoka-Hennepin the NWSISD consortium:
- Anoka Middle School for the Arts.
- Anoka High School- Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM).
- Blaine High School - Center for Engineering, Mathematics and Science.
- Coon Rapids High School - Center for Biomedical Sciences and Engineering.
- Evergreen Park Elementary - STEM School of Innovation.
- University Avenue Elementary School - Aerospace, Children's Engineering and Science.
NWSISD schools are public schools of choice, offering comprehensive, rigorous, thematic curriculum intended to attract students from a wide range of racial, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Students who live outside a specialty/magnet school’s attendance zone can apply for an opportunity to enroll in the specialty/magnet school or program. Entrance into NWSISD specialty/magnet schools and programs is application-based and open to all students who live within the seven-member district boundaries.
Space at NWSISD specialty/magnet elementary and middle schools is reserved first for students who live in the school's attendance area, then all in-district students and NWSISD consortium students are placed in a lottery. Transportation for students outside Anoka-Hennepin is provided by the NWSISD.
Application to enroll in these schools is handled by NWSISD. The priority application period runs mid-October through the end of December, with lotteries taking place the beginning of January. Students who apply during this period have the greatest chance of being placed in a specialty/magnet school. NWSISD will maintain a waiting pool of students that apply but are not assigned to a NWSISD specialty/magnet school. Students that apply during the priority application period will be notified of the results of the lottery by mid-January.
To learn more about NWSISD, its application timeline and to apply via online application, please visit: nws.k12.mn.us. You may also contact them at 763-450-1303 with any questions about the form or application process.
Specialty schools
These school programs are part of Anoka-Hennepin and open to Anoka-Hennepin students via in-district transfer:
- Champlin Park High School - International Baccalaureate (IB) programme.
- Champlin-Brooklyn Park Academy for Math and Environmental Science.
- Hoover Elementary School - Biomedical, Health Sciences, and Engineering.
- Jackson Middle School for Math and Science.
- Lincoln Elementary School for the Arts.
- Monroe Elementary School - Mathematics, Children's Engineering and Science.
These are open to Anoka-Hennepin students via in-district transfer and to students from other districts through the state's open enrollment process on a space available basis. In-district transfer and open enrollment forms are due by Jan. 15. These schools are not part of the NWSISD, therefore transportation needs to be provided by families.
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