• We are a tuition free, public school and enrollment is open to any resident of the state of California.
• No person shall be subject to discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender, religion, or disability as set forth in Education Code Section §47605(d)(1).
• School tours and information sessions are available now. Although not a requirement as part of the enrollment process, we highly recommend that prospective parents participate in one of these very informative events. To sign up for a tour, please click here.

Parents who turned in enrollment forms prior to the lottery deadline (February 28, 2020) will be notified via email, text, and/or U.S. mail (if no other contact info provided) of the results of the lottery, which takes place on March 6, 2020 for the 2020-21.

Per our Charter (and in accordance with state and federal laws), the following preferences shall be given in the lottery (public random drawing):

• Students residing within the boundaries of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
• Siblings of currently admitted or enrolled students. Siblings are defined as any two students who share a legal parent/guardian.
• Children of current staff and children of City Charter Schools' Board Members
• Children of Founding Parents of The City School (not to exceed 10% of total enrollment; were determined during "Founding Period" per LAUSD policy)
• Students who reside within the boundaries of Baldwin Hills Elementary School attendance area (meaning Baldwin Hills is their 'school of residence' which is defined by LAUSD and can be determined by entering address in resident school finder).
• Students who qualify for free or reduced price lunch (for more information and to determine if you are eligible, visit https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/rs/scales1920.asp).

Please note that if you are extended an offer for enrollment through one of the preferences above, you will need to provide supporting documentation in the enrollment packet to accept the enrollment offer. A verification of this will be done prior to finalizing your child’s enrollment. If your child was offered enrollment via a preference and The City School deems that the child does not qualify, your child's offer will be revoked and they will be moved to the bottom of the waiting list.

Please note, if you have been waitlisted, numbers may fluctuate (decrease or increase) as we continue to honor preferences on the waitlist. Honoring these preferences within our lottery and subsequently within our waitlist allows us to ensure educational continuity for families, staff and Board members, to ensure socio-economic diversity that is crucial to our mission, and to prioritize serving students who reside within boundaries of LAUSD, our charter authorizer.

The City School utilizes a software system, SchoolMint, to run the lottery and determine admission according to the approved preferences. SchoolMint executes the lottery procedures to determine admission and establish the order of the waitlist for any grade for which there were more applicants than available capacity. 

The lottery procedure will be monitored by the Executive Director to ensure fair and accurate implementation. Lottery policy is available upon request.

Each year, The City School will conduct a lottery prior to March 31st, publicizing the date, time and location with reasonable notice of at least two weeks before the lottery date.