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2022-2023 Admissions Timeline

Please click each date below for details.
 
 
Virtual Information Meetings and campus tour videos are available online. Parents of applicants are highly encouraged to view these in order to discover the hallmarks of Elevate and hear a message from our Executive Director. No tours or meetings will be held in person due to COVID-19 restrictions, however, live Q&A sessions will be offered with the Executive Director.
 
 
Apply online by creating a SchoolMint account here before March 1.
 
Lottery priority is given in this order: 
  1. Children of staff and board members (not to exceed 10%)
  2. Siblings of currently enrolled or admitted Elevate students*
  3. Children of parents on Active Duty in the Armed Forces (not to exceed 40%)
  4. Students living within the district boundaries of San Diego Unified School District
  5. All other applicants
*Note: If one sibling is admitted during the lottery, other sibling applicants are afforded sibling priority. Siblings of a currently enrolled 6th grade student are also granted sibling preference.
No tours or meetings will be held in person due to COVID-19 restrictions, however, live Q&A sessions will be offered with the Executive Director in February.
 
Please watch our Virtual Information Meetings and campus tour videos in advance, as these may address common questions. Live Question & Answer sessions will be posted in early February to address any remaining questions you may have.
Any applications received after this date cannot be considered for the lottery and are placed on a waiting list after all Open Enrollment applications.
 
 
View your child’s lottery result/placement by logging into SchoolMint (mobile app or website). Please note: the Enrollment Lottery is not an in-person event.
 
If your child is offered admission:
  • The offer is valid for two weeks.
  • Please accept or decline as soon as possible via SchoolMint as a courtesy to other families who are waitlisted.
  • If you accept the SchoolMint offer, please also begin 2022-23 registration forms online via SchoolMint.
  • To secure your child's placement for the coming school year, registration forms must be submitted by April 30.
  • If deadlines are not met, the admission offer will be rescinded and given to another applicant on the waitlist.
 
Detailed Lottery Procedures
 
 
  • If your child was offered admission and you accepted the offer, Registration forms must be completed online via SchoolMint by April 30 to secure your child’s placement for the coming school year.
  • If your child was waitlisted, please monitor movement of your child’s waitlist number via SchoolMint (mobile app or website).
  • If your child moves up the waiting list and is eventually offered admission:
      • Please accept or decline as soon as possible via SchoolMint as a courtesy to other families who are waitlisted.
      • Two attempts will be made to notify the primary contact by whatever contact method the parent/guardian provided in SchoolMint. The Offer of Admission is valid for 48 hours after the second attempt.  An acceptance reply must be submitted via SchoolMint within 48 hours to secure the student’s placement.  After this time, the offer will be rescinded and passed to the next student on the waitlist.
      • If you accept the SchoolMint offer, please also begin 2022-23 Registration forms online via SchoolMint.  To secure your child’s placement for the coming school year, Registration forms must be submitted by April 30.
 
  • Any applications received after March 1 are automatically waitlisted.
  • If your child is still waitlisted during this time, continue to monitor movement of your child's waitlist number via SchoolMint (app or website).
  • If your child moves up the waiting list and is eventually offered admission:
    • Please accept or decline as soon as possible via SchoolMint as a courtesy to other families who are waitlisted.
    • Two attempts will be made to notify the primary contact by whatever contact method the parent/guardian provided in SchoolMint. The Offer of Admission is valid for 48 hours after the second attempt.  An acceptance reply must be submitted via SchoolMint within 48 hours to secure the student’s placement.  After this time, the offer will be rescinded and passed to the next student on the waitlist.
    • If you accept the SchoolMint offer, please also begin 2022-23 Registration forms online via SchoolMint.  To secure your child’s placement for the coming school year, Registration forms must be submitted within two weeks of offer acceptance.