Discoveryflex

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Take the next step toward enrolling your child at DiscoveryFlex.


Discovery Schools are open-enrollment public charter schools. Students do not need to take an entrance test to gain admission. 

CHOOSE YOUR PROGRAM

Find the Right Discovery Program for Your Student

Baton Rouge Ochsner Discovery

17255 S Harrells Ferry Rd

Baton Rouge, LA 70816


Grades: Pre-K–8
Location: Baton Rouge
Learning Model: In-Person
Eligibility: Louisiana Residents

Eligibility:

BROD serves the Greater Baton Rouge area, and all Louisiana residents are eligible to apply.


For Pre-K4, students must turn four on or before September 30 of the upcoming school year. Greater Baton Rouge area residents and Ochsner employees are eligible to apply for the tuition-based and/or LA4 programs.


Students who turn five on or before September 30 are eligible to enroll in kindergarten for the upcoming school year.

Discovery Flex

Virtual Learning Pod



Grades: 5-11
Location: Louisiana Statewide
Learning Model: Hybrid-Virtual
Eligibility: Louisiana Residents

Eligibility:

DiscoveryFlex serves students throughout Louisiana, and all Louisiana residents are eligible to apply.

what to know

Lottery & Waitlist

If the number of applicants exceeds the number of seats available for any grade level, a computer generated, random lottery will be run in order to determine who is offered a seat at the schools. Since Discovery is a high demand network with a 96 percent student retention rate, we expect to conduct a lottery for all grade levels with open seats. Applicants applying to grades with zero open seats will be entered in the lottery to determine the number on the wait list. The wait list remains active until January 31, 2027. All applications submitted within the application period will have an equal opportunity for admission, regardless of whether they are submitted on the first day or the last day of the application period. Applications submitted for the any previous school year will not be valid, rolled over, or processed in the 2026-27 lottery. A new application must be submitted during the application period in order to be considered for a 2026-27 seat.


The 2026-27 school year lottery takes place in March 2026, and details will be communicated to families closer to the lottery dates.

  • Rules & Procedures

    1. Lottery refers to the selection of applicant names by a random method in a computer generated process.
    2. A lottery shall be conducted by the school to include all grades in which the number of applicants exceeds the number of expected seats available.
    3. If the number of applicants is less than the number of seats anticipated to be available, seats will be awarded and no lottery shall be conducted for that grade.
    4. All applicants (students not already attending school, including siblings of those already attending) participate in the lottery.
    5. Only completed applications received prior to the end of the application deadline are eligible to participate in the lottery.
    6. All applicants offered a seat shall be required to confirm their enrollment status within the designated time.
    7. All preference categories shall be published prior to the lottery being conducted.
    8. All applicants entitled to receive a lottery preference shall be identified PRIOR to the lottery.
    9. Preference status applicants are entitled to a percentage of open seats ahead of applicants without a preference status.

  • Priorities by School

    Faculty students, siblings of current students and legacy students have preferential placement for open seats. Siblings who are applying for the first time will receive preference only after one of the siblings has attended for one year. 


    Louisiana state statutes require all Type 1 charter schools to enroll a certain percentage of economically disadvantaged students. If your student is classified as economically disadvantaged you will need to provide supporting documents with your student's application and upon admission if awarded a seat. The section with Economically Disadvantaged will ONLY be considered if the school has less than the specified percentage of ED students and is NOT a lottery preference for the 2025-26 school year.


    BROD

    • Faculty
    • Sibling of current student
    • Ochsner employee
    • Louisiana resident

    DiscoveryFlex

    • Faculty
    • Sibling of current student
    • Sibling of newly accepted student
    • Ochsner employee
    • Louisiana resident

PLANNING

Gather Your Documents

We suggest gathering the following documents before you start your online application. 


Tips for attaching documents to your child's application: 


If you do not have access to a scanner to scan documents, you can use your smartphone or tablet. 

  1. Place the document on a solid background for good contrast
  2. Find good lighting, avoid shadows across the document
  3. Hold your smartphone or tablet flat, keep it as square to the document as possible
  4. Make sure the image is not blurry and the information is legible


If you are completing the application from your mobile phone, you can attach the document directly from your phone. If you are using a desktop you will need to email the images of your documents to your personal email account. Then save them to the desktop computer you are using to submit your application. 

  • Required Student Documents

    • Birth certificate
    • Most recent report card (to verify grade placement)
    • 2 proofs of residency - all proofs of residency must be in the parent/guardian name and the same address as the student.

  • Requested Student Documents

    • Free and Reduced Lunch form
    • Economically Disadvantaged status documents (if applicable)
    • Current IEP if applicable
    • Current IAP/504 plan if applicable 

Placement Testing

Discovery Schools is an equal opportunity educational provider. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, and/or age in educational programs or activities that it operates.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or need application assistance, please contact the admissions team by filling out our form.

Discovery Schools is an equal opportunity educational provider. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, and/or age in educational programs or activities that it operates.

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