87.4% of New Students Assigned to First Choice in Incheon Standardized Area General High Schools

This year, the assignment rate for first-choice placements in the Incheon equalization area general high school freshman lottery was 87.4%.

The Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 20th that it has assigned freshmen to general high schools in the equalization area for the 2025 academic year. The total number of students is 17,635, which is 481 (2.6%) fewer than last year. The schools subject to assignment include 75 schools in total: 31 boys' schools, 26 girls' schools, and 18 coeducational schools, including Incheon Ieum High School in School District 6, scheduled to open in March.

According to the "priority choice then lottery" method, where students are assigned in the order of their preferences rather than by proximity through a computer lottery, the percentage of students assigned to their first-choice school was 87.4%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points (p) compared to the previous year.

The Office of Education explained that since the equalization general high school school districts were reorganized from 3 to 6 starting last year, the assignment rate to schools ranked 1st to 5th has maintained 99% for two consecutive years, significantly reducing long-distance assignments.

Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education

If the first-choice school has fewer applicants than its capacity, all applicants are assigned there, and vacancies are sequentially filled from the second choice onward. In case of exceeding capacity, students are arranged according to predetermined criteria and assigned by lottery. Students who fail to enter autonomous private high schools, foreign language high schools, or international high schools and have simultaneously applied to equalization area general high schools will be assigned starting from their second-choice school. Once assigned to a school, changes are not allowed.

Assignment results can be checked at the student's middle school and the Metropolitan Office of Education's high school admission transfer portal. The general high school preliminary orientation will begin on the 20th, and each school will provide guidance on freshman registration and orientation.

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