Enroll your student at Erie

Join the Erie Elementary community! Enroll today.

Enrolling now

For the 2024-2025 school year

Erie Elementary is an open enrollment, free public Charter school now accepting applications for K-8 in English and Spanish. We are now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 school year. Apply today!

How to enroll

Apply online

To apply for enrollment, submit your application in the format and language you prefer.

Mail or drop off a paper application

Enrollment process

  1. Submit your application today for the 2024-25 school year!
  2. Complete an application online. You can also submit a paper application in English or Spanish, in person or email.
  3. Results of the application and enrollment information will be available 10 business days after submission.
  4. Applications submitted for grades at full enrollment, will be added to the waitlist.
  5. Lottery Process Here

Enrollment requirements

  • Kindergarten applicants must be 5 years old by September 1, 2024.
  • All applicants must reside in Chicago, IL

Why Erie Elementary?

Erie Elementary believes in engaging students, families, and communities as authentic partners in social and emotional development and approach to education.

We cultivate an environment where students are prepared for a rigorous secondary school program and  firmly placed on a path to lifelong learning.

We collaborate to engage students in their learning, so they are independent and self-confident, proficient in Spanish, knowledgeable about their own culture, compassionate and ethical, and understand the collaborative requirements for participating in a diverse global society.

Join us in helping your child achieve their fullest potential.

"My favorite thing about Erie is how the students and the staff look like me and how they understand me."

— Galilea
Salutatorian, Class of 2020

Open house & tours

Visit our facilities and speak with current students and faculty members. Come learn about our academic and extra-curricular programs!

School tours

Join us for a tour the first Friday of every month between 10am-3pm!

Additional information

Erie Elementary selects applicants using a lottery drawing.

Lottery policy

Lottery date for the 2024-2025 school year: February 15th, 2024

Per Illinois Charter School Law, preference for admission will be given to those who have siblings already enrolled at Erie Elementary Charter School.

Questions?

Contact our Registrar & Enrollment Specialist, Monica Garcia:

Erie uses the whole child approach.

Monica Garcia

Registrar and Enrollment Specialist

mgarcia@eriecharterschool.org

(773) 486-7161, ext. 104