DISCOVERY SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EDUCATIONAL PROVIDER. WE DO NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND/OR AGE IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES THAT IT OPERATES.

New student applications will be accepted each year during the application period. Discovery is an open-enrollment school and does not test students to gain admission. 

KDHSA & DJOD

October 7, 2024 - February 7, 2025 @ Noon

BROD & Fusion

October 7, 2024 - January 17, 2025 @ Noon

To apply for Kindergarten, the child must be 5 years old by September 30, 2025 for the 25-26 school year.

Kenner Discovery

• All Jefferson Parish residents are eligible to apply.

Dr. John Ochsner Discovery

• All Jefferson Parish residents are eligible to apply.

Baton Rouge Ochsner Discovery

• Serving the greater Baton Rouge area. All Louisiana residents are eligible to apply.

Discovery Fusion

• Serving all of Louisiana. All Louisiana residents are eligible to apply.

Discovery Schools offers both LA 4 and tuition based Pre-K classes. To enroll in Pre-K the child must be 4 years old by September 30th of 2025 for the 25-26 school year.

KDHSA

All Jefferson Parish residents are eligible to apply for the tuition based program and/or the LA4 program. 

DJOD

All Jefferson Parish Residents and Ochsner Employees who reside in Jefferson Parish are eligible to apply for the tuition based program and/or the LA4 program.

BROD

All Greater Baton Rouge area residents and Ochsner Employees are eligible to apply for the tuition based program and or/the LA4 program. 

If the number of applicants exceeds the number of seats available for any grade level, a computer generated, random lottery will be run in order to determine who is offered a seat at the schools. Since Discovery is a high demand network with a 96 percent student retention rate, we expect to conduct a lottery for all grade levels with open seats. Applicants applying to grades with zero open seats will be entered in the lottery to determine the number on the wait list. The wait list remains active until January 31, 2026. All applications submitted within the application period will have an equal opportunity for admission, regardless of whether they are submitted on the first day or the last day of the application period. Applications submitted for the any previous school year will not be valid, rolled over, or processed in the 2025-26 lottery. A new application must be submitted during the application period in order to be considered for a 2025-26 seat.

The 2025-26 school year lottery takes place in March 2025, and details will be communicated to families closer to the lottery dates.

LOTTERY PRIORITIES BY SCHOOL

Faculty students, siblings of current students and legacy students have preferential placement for open seats. Siblings who are applying for the first time will receive preference only after one of the siblings has attended for one year. 

Louisiana state statutes require all Type 1 charter schools to enroll a certain percentage of economically disadvantaged students. If your student is classified as economically disadvantaged you will need to provide supporting documents with your student's application and upon admission if awarded a seat. The section with Economically Disadvantaged will ONLY be considered if the school has less than the specified percentage of ED students and is NOT a lottery preference for the 2025-26 school year.

We suggest gathering the following documents before you start your online application. 

Tips for attaching documents to your child's application: 

If you do not have access to a scanner to scan documents, you can use your smartphone or tablet. 

1. Place the document on a solid background for good contrast

2. Find good lighting, avoid shadows across the document

3. Hold your smartphone or tablet flat, keep it as square to the document as possible

4. Make sure the image is not blurry and the information is legible

If you are completing the application from your mobile phone, you can attach the document directly from your phone. If you are using a desktop you will need to email the images of your documents to your personal email account. Then save them to the desktop computer you are using to submit your application. 

Students entering 5th through high school will need to take a summer Placement Test in English Language Arts and Math before being admitted. Test results will not impact not enrollment.

If you have any questions or need application assistance, please contact the admissions team. 

Email: [email protected]