Enrollment FAQs

Any student currently zoned to attend an Atlanta Public School is eligible to attend. To confirm that you reside within the APS district, please use the School Zone Locator tool found on the Atlanta Public Schools website.

Atlanta Classical Academy offers kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Yes. Prospective parents, students, and members of the community are invited to join Atlanta Classical Academy administration and enrollment staff for an overview of our academic philosophy, academic plan, school life, and sports / activities, and a detailed explanation of the enrollment process. The presentation will conclude with a question and answer period. Both in-person and virtual events will be offered. Registration is required. Confirmed dates are posted on the Enrollment Process page.

Students must be 5 years old by September 1, 2025 to be eligible to enroll in Kindergarten for the 2025-26 school year.

Yes. Our Student Services department assists students with an IEP, English language learners, and those who are significantly behind grade level.

Yes. Atlanta Classical provides English as a Second Language (ESL) support, but we do not offer bilingual instruction.

No. Once officially enrolled, all Atlanta Classical students will remain enrolled for future years, subject to continued residency within the APS district, and other academic and disciplinary guidelines as stated in the Family Handbook. In the spring of each school year, parents of current students must inform the school if they plan to return for the following year.

We encourage all parents to attend one of the Prospective Parent Enrollment Information Sessions offered before and during the enrollment period. If parents support our mission, philosophy, and practices, we invite them to take part in the enrollment process by completing a lottery application for each student applying.

Yes. Parents should submit a lottery application anytime between January 3, 2025 through 11:59 p.m. ET on February 28, 2025 to participate in the lottery.  Click here to access the enrollment application.

By submitting the lottery application, you are indicating that you would like a seat in a certain grade; however, your student is neither obligated to attend nor guaranteed enrollment.

Yes. The following categories of students are given priority during the lottery:

1. Students whose parent/guardian is a member of the Board of Directors or a full-time employee at Atlanta Classical Academy
2. Siblings of students who currently attend Atlanta Classical Academy

“Sibling” means a child who shares at least one common biological or legal parent whether through natural or adoptive means, including biological siblings that share parents; half siblings that share a single parent; step siblings that share a parent or parents through marriage even if the marriage was terminated by death or dissolution; children who share a parent or parents through adoption or guardianship; and foster children awaiting permanent placement. Siblings, for the purpose of Atlanta Classical Academy’s enrollment process, must reside within the Atlanta Public Schools district.

No. Children of prospective full-time employees will participate in the lottery without the employee preference. The availability of seats and student placement will be discussed at the time of employment.

Results of the lottery, and wait lists by grade, will be available in each applicant’s online SchoolMint account immediately following the lottery event. It is the parent’s responsibility to ensure that Atlanta Classical has the most updated contact information (phone, mailing address and email address) in the Apply APS Charter platform for notification purposes.

All students who have been granted an available seat must complete and return registration forms with valid supporting documents by the deadline communicated by the enrollment manager, or their seat will be forfeited.

No. Wait lists are terminated each year and do not carry over. The wait list is terminated prior to the lottery event for the following school year.

Parents of twins, triplets, or multiples applying to the same grade will complete an application for each child. Twins, triplets or multiples applying to the same grade will receive a unique lottery number per child and will be placed during the lottery into the desired grade or wait list in individual, yet consecutive, slots.

Masheed Hundley, Enrollment & Registration Coordinator
mhundley@atlantaclassical.org
404.369.3500