HISD magnet schools applications open today in Houston
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Applications open today to Houston magnet schools. Here are the most popular campuses.

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Students work on a motorized panel describing the advances in hydropower over the course of history at the Energy Institute High School, a STEM-focused magnet school in Houston ISD, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Houston. ( Michael Ciaglo / Houston Chronicle)

Students work on a motorized panel describing the advances in hydropower over the course of history at the Energy Institute High School, a STEM-focused magnet school in Houston ISD, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Houston. ( Michael Ciaglo / Houston Chronicle)

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Campus tours are underway and the magnet application opens Dec. 14 for families who want a seat in one of the hundreds of program choices in Houston ISD for the 2023-24 academic year.

The deadline to apply is Feb. 2. Lottery results will be announced the week of April 5. 

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Families who don't apply through the school choice program are assigned to their zoned campus. HISD has a search tool to help you locate zoned schools.

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Rebecca Carballo covered the Houston Independent School District for the Houston Chronicle.

She spent her first two years at the Chronicle on the business desk where she covered health care and the economy. Before coming to Houston in 2020, Rebecca covered immigration and Albany suburbs while at the Times Union. She also worked as a city hall reporter for the Charleston Gazette-Mail in West Virginia.