The APS Welcome Center facilitated the lottery for Elementary Option Schools/Programs on April 22 and Pre-K Programs on April 23. Families were notified via email and/or text message of their status shortly after each lottery. Students who applied, but were not accepted through the lottery process, will be placed in numerical order on a waitlist. Applications received after the deadline are placed at the bottom of the existing waitlist for the upcoming school year. The data below is as of April 30, 2021 when families were notified of the lottery results.
Additional information is available on the How to Apply page. For any questions or additional information requests, please call 703-228-8000 or email schooloptions@apsva.us.
The following is the application numbers for the 2021-22 school year:
Elementary Option Schools
Arlington Traditional School
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | VPI Students Admitted | Siblings | Waitlisted Students |
| K | 120 | 349 | 32 | 47 | 196 |
| 1 | 10 | 148 | 6 | 129 | |
| 2 | 3 | 98 | 4 | 91 | |
| 3 | 8 | 90 | 6 | 75 | |
| 4 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 46 | |
| 5 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 24 |
Campbell Elementary School
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | VPI Students Admitted | Siblings | Waitlisted Students |
| K | 72 | 178 | 23 | 18 | 87 |
| 1 | 10 | 45 | 1 | 32 | |
| 2 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 21 | |
| 4 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 7 | |
| 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Montessori Public School of Arlington
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Satellite Students Admitted | Siblings | Waitlisted Students |
| 1 | 21 | 70 | 12 | 6 | 47 |
| 2 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 37 | |
| 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 24 | |
| 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 17 | |
| 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 13 |
Claremont Immersion
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | VPI Students Admitted | Siblings | Waitlisted Students |
| K (Spanish) | 48 | 49 | 22 | 12 | 1 |
| K (Non-Spanish) | 48 | 139 | 5 | 32 | 79 |
| 1 (Spanish) | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 (Non-Spanish) | 0 | 26 | 0 | 20 | |
| 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Key Immersion
| Grade | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | VPI Students Admitted | Siblings | Waitlisted Students |
| K (Spanish) | 48 | 56 | 22 | 14 | 7 |
| K (Non-Spanish) | 48 | 81 | 5 | 20 | 31 |
| 1 (Spanish) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 (Non-Spanish) | 2 | 26 | 2 | 19 | |
| 2 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 11 | |
| 3 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | |
| 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Seats Offered: number of seats available at each school and/or program based on the Superintendent’s Annual Update to the School Board on enrollment and projections.
Number of Applicants: number of students who applied to each program within the application window (February 1, 2021- April 15, 2021). The same student is included more than once if the family applied to more than one option and/or program.
Waitlisted Students: includes students waitlisted as of May 10, 2021. Please note that waitlist numbers here include the students who applied during the application window and were waitlisted during the lottery.
VPI/Siblings: please note that some siblings are counted twice since they attended the VPI Program at ATS; therefore, receiving both priorities.
Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI)
| Elementary School | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Students on Waitlists |
| Abingdon | 26 | 37 | 1 |
| ATS | 48 | 117 | 26 |
| Ashlawn | 32 | 15 | 0 |
| Barcroft | 32 | 34 | 0 |
| Barrett | 42 | 36 | 0 |
| Campbell | 48 | 76 | 10 |
| Carlin Springs | 42 | 36 | 0 |
| Claremont | 32 | 77 | 18 |
| Drew | 26 | 27 | 0 |
| Fleet | 32 | 31 | 0 |
| Hoffman-Boston | 52 | 71 | 0 |
| Innovation | 16 | 36 | 0 |
| Key | 32 | 75 | 16 |
| Long Branch | 16 | 30 | 0 |
| Oakridge | 12 | 34 | 5 |
| Randolph | 44 | 34 | 0 |
Number of Applicants: Number of students whose required documents were verified by school options within the application window as well as late applicants (February 1, 2021 – April 15, 2021) and participated in the lottery. The same student is included more than once if the family applied to more than one option and/or program.
Waitlisted Students: Includes all students waitlisted as of May 10, 2021. Please note that families might choose to be waitlisted for the program they want to attend and decline an offer for a seat at a different school.
Pre-K Montessori
Barrett Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 9 | 57 | 0 | 18 |
| 4-year-olds | 5 | 47 | 2 | 12 |
| 5-year-olds | 1 | 26 | 0 | 15 |
Carlin Springs Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 6 | 59 | 2 | 25 |
| 4-year-olds | 2 | 25 | 0 | 9 |
| 5-year-olds | 1 | 21 | 1 | 8 |
Discovery Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 16 | 62 | 2 | 21 |
| 4-year-olds | 9 | 51 | 0 | 24 |
| 5-year-olds | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 |
Fleet Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 14 | 102 | 1 | 45 |
| 4-year-olds | 7 | 89 | 1 | 51 |
| 5-year-olds | 0 | 41 | 1 | 29 |
Jamestown Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 21 | 60 | 0 | 21 |
| 4-year-olds | 18 | 73 | 0 | 31 |
| 5-year-olds | 0 | 19 | 0 | 14 |
Oakridge Elementary School
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 9 | 75 | 0 | 36 |
| 4-year-olds | 8 | 56 | 0 | 33 |
| 5-year-olds | 0 | 39 | 0 | 24 |
Montessori Public School of Arlington
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Siblings | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 61 | 195 | 9 | 111 |
| 4-year-olds | 20 | 191 | 11 | 122 |
| 5-year-olds | 11 | 151 | 11 | 114 |
Waitlisted Students: Includes all students waitlisted as of May 10, 2021.
Please note that the same student could be counted two times if the family applied to Montessori Public School of Arlington and the Montessori Program serving their neighborhood school.
Community Peer Pre-K (CPP) Program
Alice West Fleet
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| 4-year-olds | 3 | 9 | 4 |
Barcroft
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 4-year-olds | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Carlin Springs
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 2-year-olds | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| 3-year-olds | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 4-year-olds | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Dr. Charles R. Drew
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Glebe
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 2 | 13 | 8 |
Hoffman-Boston
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| 4-year-olds | 2 | 11 | 3 |
Innovation
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 4-year-olds | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Jamestown
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 2-year-olds | 9 | 57 | 18 |
Nottingham
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Taylor
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 3 | 12 | 7 |
Tuckahoe
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 3-year-olds | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 4-year-olds | 7 | 8 | 2 |
Non-Neighborhood Applicants**
| Age | Seats Offered | Number of Applicants | Waitlist |
| 2-year-olds | 0 | 38 | 34 |
| 3-year-olds | 0 | 25 | 14 |
| 4-year-olds | 0 | 20 | 8 |
** Available seats at the neighborhood CPP programs will be filled with students from the non-neighborhood waitlists after the neighborhood waitlists have been cleared.
Waitlisted Students: Includes all students waitlisted as of May 10, 2021.
