Students who want to attend outside their attendance-area school will be prioritized for enrollment using the categories below. When more students wish to attend a school than placements available, a lottery will be run.

The district average of students whose primary household language is other than English is 50%. For schools that do not meet this average, placements will be prioritized so that schools can mirror the demographics of the district as a whole. Additionally, students will be prioritized as follows:

Students who live within the Roaring Fork School District

1. Students who are dependents of full-time district employees and who are applying for enrollment in a school or school community where their parent is employed by the district;
2. Students who have a sibling attending the school;
3. Students who have been attending a Roaring Fork school that is not in the attendance area of their preferred school;
4. Students who intend to enroll in specialized programs not offered in their attendance school (e.g. ROTC);
5. Students who have been attending a school other than a Roaring Fork school, within the attendance area of their preferred school and have completed the last grade level in that school;
6. All other applicants who live within the Roaring Fork School District.

Students who do not live within the Roaring Fork School District

1. Students who are dependents of full-time district employees and who are applying for enrollment in a school or school community where their parent is employed by the district;
2. Students who have been attending a Roaring Fork school;
3. Siblings of students who have been attending a Roaring Fork School within the attendance area of their preferred school;
4. Students who intend to enroll in specialized programs not offered in their home district (e.g. ROTC);
5. All other applicants.