You must reside within the Austin ISD boundaries in order to apply to LASA High School.
For families who own their home, the homestead exemption is one of the factors used to determine primary residency.
As in years past, LASA will first complete a holistic review of all applications based on our published rubric. Students will be ranked without any identifying information from highest rubric score to lowest with the top possible score being a 25. We will accept 80% of our incoming class based on this holistic score alone. For the remaining 20% we will start with the next student according to the holistic score rankings. We will complete a deeper dive into the student's application and if they meet three out of five of the special circumstances listed below, they will receive an acceptance. We will continue doing this until we have accepted the next 20% or until we reach the score below which we do not feel a student will be successful at LASA.
Our special circumstance categories will be:
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Student will be in the first generation of their family to attend college.
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Student is zoned to a Middle School (for the 2025-2026 school year) where the official population of students who qualify as economically disadvantaged is 70% or greater.
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Student's re-normed CogAT score is above a threshold determined by the scores of this year's applicants.
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Student has demonstrated academic accomplishment despite unusually difficult circumstances.
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Student successfully embraces academic challenges.