Liza Jackson Preparatory School serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade. The school enrollment zone includes students living in Mary Esther, Fort Walton Beach, Ocean City, Wright, Destin, Shalimar, and unincorporated areas located south of Eglin Air Force Base and east of Hurlburt Air Force Base (including children living on those properties). Students residing outside this zone in Okaloosa County may enroll if their parent or guardian will provide transportation. When appropriate, students in other counties may attend through existing Inter-District Agreements.

The following rank-order priorities have been established in compliance with Florida Charter School Law and board policy. These priorities shall be determined before the Lottery drawing. 

1. Child of an Employee As a benefit to employment at LJPS, children of current employees will receive priority and maintain their priority status if the parent is employed at LJPS for one complete school year. If the parent/employee separates from employment for any reason during the first year, their child loses priority status for the next year.

2. Racial and Gender Equity Each year, the Board will review the equity factors of the school as compared to the district by grade level and when deemed necessary establish specific equity objectives for the upcoming year’s lottery and enrollment slots throughout the year.This objective, when applicable, shall be documented in the minutes of the Board of Directors prior to the date of the Lottery each year. The priority of that objective is indicated in the priority order listed here. 

3. Sibling of Student(s) already Attending LJPS provided that previously enrolled siblings continue to attend LJPS; otherwise, the sibling priority is null and void. 

4. Child of a deployed military family where change in residence was required for the student due to one or both parents being deployed for military purposes (not PCS or reassignment) and the family has returned to this community after deployment is completed. 

Other Requirements:
All students must have completed application forms submitted within the required timeline. Application forms are available at the school and here- Enrollment Application. 

Families must also agree to the provisions in our school Enrollment Agreement.

Please email the completed applications to Ms. Elizabeth Goodson at Email Ms. Elizabeth Goodson

Applications for the kindergarten program are accepted for the first time, during the month of January of the calendar year the student is age-eligible for the kindergarten program. All applications submitted prior to the end of the last school day in January will be included in the Lottery for enrollment in the upcoming year’s kindergarten classes. This lottery will identify the number rank of each application for kindergarten. This rank order number will determine the order in which parents are notified of their child’s eligibility to enroll in LJPS for the upcoming school year. Parents will be notified in writing of their child’s rank for admission for the upcoming school year. As vacancies occur, parents will be contacted for enrollment according to their rank order as determined by the lottery. Applications received after the open enrollment period (January) will be given the sequential number at the bottom of the waiting list established by the lottery.  

The school prohibits discrimination against students and/or their opportunity to participate in appropriate programs, services and activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, parenthood, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, or social and family background.  All programs and services shall be non-sectarian.

LJPS will enroll students who meet the eligibility criteria without regard to racial or gender except as needed to balance representatives of minority groups in accordance with the district’s prior year average for grade nine. In order to determine the need for racial/gender balancing,  the LJPS Board of Directors will review the equity factors of the school as compared to the average of Okaloosa School District’s ninth grade for the preceding year as reported on the district’s automated record system in February.  When deemed appropriate, the Board will establish specific equity objectives for the upcoming year’s enrollment slots. This objective, when applicable, shall be documented in the minutes of the Board of Directors prior to the date of registration/enrollment.