Today’s the deadline to apply for public Charter Schools

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Today, Thursday, March 17th is the deadline to apply for your child to attend a public charter school in Rhode Island for the 2022-2023 school year.

What is a charter school? 

Rhode Island charter schools provide innovative, high quality public school options for students and families. Charter schools are tuition-free public schools open to all students through a random lottery. We encourage families to explore our schools through EnrollRI.org.

How do families apply? Who is eligible? 

Families can explore each charter school and apply using one common application on enrollri.org

All students in Rhode Island are welcome to attend a charter school. There are elementary schools, elementary and middle schools, middle schools, and high schools in communities across Rhode Island. 

How are students selected to attend a charter school? 

Students are selected to the schools in which they apply through a blind, random lottery.

More on Public Charter Schools in RI:

Rhode Island charters are public schools. They are open and accountable to the public, like traditional public schools, but their flexibility allows learning to be innovative and adaptable — designed to meet the unique needs of each individual student, while delivering results for all students. Charter schools deliver rigorous, diversified instruction that meets students where they are and works towards equitable outcomes.

2022-2023 Participating Schools

• Achievement First
• Beacon Charter Schools
• Blackstone Valley Prep
• Charette High School
• Excel Academy
• Highlander Charter Schools
• International Charter School
• Kingston Hill Academy
• NEL/CPS Construction & Career Academy
• Nowell Leadership Academy
• Nuestro Mundo Public Charter School
• Paul Cuffee School
• Providence Preparatory Charter School (PVD Prep)
• Rhode Island Nurses Institute (RINI)
• RISE Prep
• Segue Institute for Learning
• Southside Elementary Charter School
• The Compass School
• The Greene School
• The Learning Community
• Times2 Academy
• Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts (TAPA)
• Village Green Virtual