April 1 Charter School Lottery Deadline
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Rochester Charter School Lottery Deadline is April 1
The Rochester charter school lottery deadline is 11:59 pm on Tuesday, April 1. Applications for the 2025-26 school year may be submitted by visiting GoodSchoolsRoc.org.
More than 9,000 children are enrolled in Rochester’s 27 K-12 charter school locations. Parents are encouraged to apply by the lottery deadline when schools have the most openings and families have the best chance of being accepted at the school of their choice.
Applications are currently being accepted for all grades, with nearly 1,000 openings at the Kindergarten level. While students may apply to a charter school at any point during their academic career, families who choose a charter school for Kindergarten are often accepted into their first choice school.
GoodSchoolsRoc.org promotes school choice, providing a centralized website for parents to learn about and apply to all Rochester charter schools. The website features information about academics, grade levels, extracurricular and after school activities for all Rochester’s K-12 charter schools.
Families may apply to as many schools as they want by using a simple online application tool. Applying is free and takes only minutes to complete. The application is accessible in English and Spanish on any web-enabled device.
Charter schools are free public schools. There are no tests or entrance fees for charter schools and charters welcome students who need extra help in school, have IEPs and are English language learners.
Parents may apply to the following schools through GoodSchoolsRoc.org for 2025-26 (some have more than one location):
- Academy of Health Sciences Charter School, grades 5-8
- Citizenship & Science Academy of Rochester Charter School, grades K-5 (expanding to grade 12)
- Discovery Charter School, grades K-6
- Eugenio María de Hostos Charter School, grades K-12
- Exploration Elementary Charter School for Science & Technology, grades K-5
- Genesee Community Charter Schools, grades K-6
- Innova Girls Academy Charter School, grades K-4 (expanding to grade 6)
- Renaissance Academy Charter School of the Arts, grades K-6
- Rochester Academy Charter School, grades K-12
- Rochester Academy of Science Charter School, grades K-4 & 9-11 (expanding to grade 12)
- Rochester Prep Charter School, grades K-12
- University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men, grades 6-12
- Vertus High School, grades 9-12
- Young Women’s College Prep Charter School, grades 7-12
For more information, visit the website (https://www.goodschoolsroc.org/) or call the GoodSchoolsRoc HelpLine at (585) 491-9777.
GoodSchoolsRoc is a program of EDceptional, a charter sector support organization focused on improving educational outcomes for students in the city of Rochester. EDceptional is the only organization supporting all local charter schools to achieve enrollment goals and academic excellence. Learn more at EDceptional.org.
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