Enrollment Information

Application Steps

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The open enrollment application period for the 2025-2026 school year began October 1, 2024, and will run through January 15, 2025. The online application will allow you to select which school year (2024-2025 or 2025-2026) you are interested in applying for.

Please Note: Enrollment is available to Minnesota students who will be at least five years of age by September 1 of their year of enrollment.

2025 Lottery Information

Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Time: 1:15 p.m.
Location: Auditorium at ERA
Included in the Lottery: All applications submitted between October 1 – January 15.

IMPORTANT: Applications received on or after 12:00 a.m. on January 16, will not be included in the lottery and will be added to the grade-level waitlist in the order that they are received.

If your child has been selected by the lottery:

→ You will receive an enrollment offer in early February.

→ Siblings of a selected child will be moved to the bottom of the sibling waitlist after all enrollment paperwork has been submitted.

If your child receives a wait list number:

→ Your child will remain on the grade-level waitlist until a spot comes available.
→ As spots become available, children on the waitlists will move up accordingly. Open spots will continued to be filled throughout the school year.