Spring Transfer

Spring Transfer requests are for families of current SFUSD who desire to transfer to another school for the Spring semester. Spring Transfer applications are for one school and pathway only. Only current SFUSD students (excluding charter schools) are eligible to submit a Spring Transfer application. 

Important: Lowell High School and Ruth Asawa School of the Arts do not enroll new students through the Spring Transfer process. 

SFUSD's student assignment system is used in the spring transfer assignment run, just as it is in the Main Round The same tiebreakers (preferences) come into play. If there are more applications than there are seats available, random numbers are generated for each applicant; applicants who receive a higher random number get assigned before those with a lower random number.

You will receive a notification letter in the mail during the week of December 15, 2025. Students who receive an assignment at their requested school will begin at the start of the spring semester (January 5, 2026). Students who are unable to receive an assignment to their spring transfer request will remain enrolled at their current school.

No — any spring transfer assignment automatically replaces the student’s previous school  assignment. If your student is assigned to your requested school during the Spring Transfer process, they will automatically be unenrolled from their previous school. You should only submit a Spring Transfer request if you definitely prefer transferring to the requested school over staying at your current school. 

However, if your student does not get into your requested Spring Transfer school, they will remain enrolled at their current school.

If you submit a Spring Transfer request but subsequently wish to cancel it, please call 415-241-6085 or visit one of our office locations as soon as possible.

Now that the application deadline has passed, we may not be able to process your cancellation.