Avela Match
Description
Avela Match is a student assignment and admission lottery platform used by K-12 school districts and charter schools to allocate places using algorithmic matching based on family preferences and school priorities.
The platform applies deferred acceptance algorithms, derived from matching theory recognised by the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, to process applications and assign students to schools or programmes. Districts and charter management organisations configure admissions rules, priority groups, set-asides, and tie-breakers within the system, and Match runs the lottery to produce assignment results.
The software supports both single-school admissions lotteries and district-wide unified enrolment processes in which families rank multiple schools and receive a single offer. Match forms part of Avela's wider enrolment suite, which also includes tools for family-facing applications and school discovery.
The platform is used by public school districts, charter schools, and charter networks in the United States to administer competitive admissions, magnet programmes, and choice-based enrolment systems. Audit trails, reporting outputs, and configurable priority structures are provided to support compliance with state and local admissions regulations.
