Admissions
Serving Pre-K – 4th grade for 2024-2025
School Attendance Boundaries
Western Gateway has a neighborhood boundary including the following neighborhoods: College Hill, Higgins Heights, Jones Grove, Wheeler District and Will Rogers Court.
Please see map of attendance zone boundaries.
Who Can Attend
The School has a designated neighborhood boundary and any child residing within the neighborhood boundary shall, subject to any capacity and education program limitations, be entitled to attend the School. The School’s boundary has been designated an academic enterprise zone in accordance with 70 O.S. §3-140(C).
Established by OKCPS
Students that reside within the School’s Neighborhood Boundary may opt-out of attending the School and choose to attend their resident home school. The Neighborhood Boundary was established by the Oklahoma City Public School (“OKCPS”) and the School’s Board of Education (“Board”) with the goals of creating a diverse student population.
Enrollment Opportunities
Eligible students within attendance boundaries can enroll with proper residency documentation and enrollment forms AFTER receiving a Tier 1 lottery seat offer.
Students who live outside the Neighborhood Boundary of Western Gateway will be eligible to apply through the lottery. Seats may be offered IF the school has not reached capacity. Please see Tiers of Enrollment below for further explanation.
Tiers of Enrollment
The order of priority for admission and enrollment of students to the School will be based on the following three tiers:
Tier 1-
Any child who resides within the Neighborhood Boundary. (See map)
Tier 2-
A child who resides outside the Neighborhood Boundary, but within OKCPS district’s attendance boundary.
Tier 3-
A child who resides outside of OKCPS’s district’s attendance boundary.
To enroll in school year 2024-25, students must:
- Pre-K — be 4 years of age on or before Sept. 1st, 2024
- Kindergarten — be 5 years of age on or before Sept. 1st, 2024
- 1st – 4th— have either turned corresponding age by Sept. 1st, 2024 or have already completed previous grade.
Do you need help determining your Tier?
Click here and enter your home address to learn what schools your neighborhood is zoned to.