Miami-Dade County Public Schools: Upgrading an Application and Student Lottery System to Improve School Choice Programs

Location: Miami, FL
Website: District Website
Enrollment: 331,000+
Size: 522 schools

The Challenge

As the third largest school district in the United States, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) offers an unmatched selection of magnet schools and school choice programs to more than 331,000 students.

With this selection, however, comes the challenges of enrolling one of the nation’s largest student populations into MDCPS’s programs — and doing so in an equitable, accessible manner.

The Solution

• Identify enrollment system needs and research student application and lottery platforms.
• Manage student data and processes through one integrated, configurable enrollment management platform: SchoolMint Enroll.
• Customize and modify the enrollment processes as needed.
• Use real-time data to keep families updated throughout the application and lottery process.
• Guide enrollment decisions for school choice programs now and in the future.

The Results

• Integrated student data from MDCPS’s existing student information system (SIS) to pre-fill enrollment applications and save time for both administrators and parents.
• Created a “Single Sign On” in SchoolMint Enroll for parents and administrators to reduce the number of username and passwords for pre-existing users as well as add further accessibility to the process.
• Developed tutorial videos for parents and guardians plus user manuals in both English and Spanish so administrators could reach more families.

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