Admissions
Key dates for Fall 2024 Middle School Admissions:
- Wednesday, October 11: MS Application Opens in MySchools
- Friday, December 8: MS Application Closes
- Friday, January 19: MS scoring deadline for Audition, Screened with Assessment and Language Criteria programs
- Wednesday, April 3: MS Offer Release
East Side Middle School is located in Community School District 2 and serves grades 6-8. We are school of choice using the D2 admissions lottery for placement, not a zoned school.
The DOE website - schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grade-by-grade/middle-school - explains admissions procedures & priority levels, random lottery numbers etc.
Students will need a MySchools.nyc account to apply to public middle school. Public schools will help you set up MySchools access in 5th grade; if you are in a private or charter school, looking to apply to a NYC public school, the Family Welcome Center will help you set up a MySchools account.
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New D2 residents or those moving from private or charter to public school during the school year:
Please see the DOE's New Families page, and contact the Department of Education's Family Welcome Center to begin the process of finding a seat for your child. The FWC serves families all year round, and will know whether we have any empty seats; if we do not, they can tell you about available seats at schools for which you are eligible. Reach our FWC by email at: 333FWC@schools.nyc.gov. This process is for students who are new to the D2 middle school admissions process and not for those already enrolled at another D2 middle school.