How does the Diversity Index work?
The diversity index lottery program continuously assesses the diversity characteristics of already assigned students for a particular grade. For each available seat, the computer looks at the entire applicant pool and tentatively selects the student who will most enhance diversity using all the diversity factors. This means the student selected for each seat will generally have characteristics not widely found in already assigned students. If multiple students have the very same characteristics, one will be randomly assigned. If no information is available for a particular diversity factor, students will be considered based on available information. If the diversity index selects a student for more than one of his or her five schools of choice, the student will be assigned to the school to which he or she contributes the most diversity. For schools with assigned attendance areas, there will be two lottery phases. First, the diversity index will admit students living in the attendance a
