Highline Academy Southeast

Highline Academy Southeast describes itself as an academically rigorous K–8 school that emphasizes strong academic expectations. It also highlights valuing student diversity and teaching students to “REACH In, Out and Up” toward personal, academic, and civic excellence.

Highline Academy Southeast (K–8) participates in Denver Public Schools (DPS) SchoolChoice; families apply by creating/logging into a DPS SchoolChoice account and submitting the SchoolChoice application with Highline ranked among up to 12 schools during the choice window. (highlineacademy.org) Key dates shown on Highline’s pages for the 2026–2027 cycle include Round 1 opening on December 2, 2025 and being open through January 20 (Round 1), and Round 2 opening March 10 at 10 a.m. (after Round 1 results are released). (highlineacademy.org) If you are new to DPS, the application requires uploading the student’s birth certificate and proof of address (per Highline’s SchoolChoice instructions). (highlineacademy.org) Students not matched to Highline in Round 1 may be placed on a waitlist; Highline notes that if a student is waitlisted in Round 1, families should not submit a Round 2 application to the same school because the student already has a waitlist spot. (highlineacademy.org) Highline states it accepts students up until October as space allows, and the explicitly stated priority category is sibling priority (which can cause a student’s waitlist status to change to accommodate siblings). (highlineacademy.org)