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Enrollment Process

NEW STUDENTS!

Enrollment Season opens on

February 3, 2026

for SCHOOL YEAR 2026-2027

 

We welcome lottery applications for all grade levels, we are accepting up to 22 Kindergarten students and up to 60 incoming 6th graders. We will accept students depending on space availability at each grade level. NACA is a tuition free public charter school and is open to all students. New 1st - 5th graders and 7th -11th graders will be accepted if there are openings at those grade levels for the upcoming school year.

Lottery Draw

The New Mexico Public Education Department has designed a lottery system that requires charter schools to hold an open enrollment procedure.

Priorities for Enrollment

The following priorities apply to the enrollment process
  • Returning students (i.e., students already attending the school)
  • Siblings of current students (depending on space availability)
  • Students whose names are drawn from the lottery, until all slots are filled
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Once you have completed a lottery application, your name will be placed on a list for enrollment. On the first of each month, we will hold a lottery drawing and students who completed lottery applications will be put into a random lottery draw. If there are more applicants than available spaces, the remaining students will be placed on a waiting list and called when a space becomes available. Or if there is no waiting list and space is available, students will be admitted on a first come first serve basis.

Letter of Acceptance and Registration Documents Required
Once a student is ACCEPTED and given NOTICE we will need the following documents to register:
  • Child’s birth certificate (verified)
  • Child’s updated vaccination records
  • Documentation of Tribal Affiliation/CIB (if applicable)
  • Final Copy of grades/progress reports and/or high school transcripts
  • Student Records from former schools e.g. test scores, Special Education services, transcripts
 
Prospective High School students: All High School transfer students (9th-11th) accepted to NACA will need to provide a copy of all High School transcripts including any Summer School and/or Credit recovery course grades. A credit review will be conducted with a summary of credits earned and credits needed. The credit review will determine grade level classification at NACA. Depending on space availability, students will be accepted based on openings at that grade level. Remaining students will be placed on a waiting list until a space becomes available.