El Rio Community School
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Admission

We are now accepting applications for the 2023-24 school year for grades TK-6! Our 6th grade class in 2023-2024 will be our first graduating 8th grade class in 2026.

We will expand by one grade level each year until we serve grades TK-8. We can’t wait for your to be part of our growing community.

2025-2026 application can be accessed here!

(Lottery deadline has passed - New applications will be added to the waitlist)

INSTRUCTIONS - PLEASE READ BEFORE APPLYING!

All K-12 students in the state of California are eligible to apply to attend El Rio, and must be up to date on all required immunizations in order to enroll.

HOW TO APPLY:

  1. We highly encourage but do not require you to attend one of our school tours to learn more about Waldorf pedagogy and our school - please email Administrative Assistant, Cinthya Martin at cinthya.martin@elrioschool.org and DEIB Coordinator, Alma Zaragoza-Petty at Alma.zaragoza.petty@elrioschool.org to RSVP

  2. Click on this link: https://elrio.schoolmint.com/login

  3. We are currently accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year even though our Lottery deadline has passed. New applications will be added to our waitlist. When space becomes available, you will receive an email offering an enrollment spot and you have one week to accept or decline the offer. Registration information to fully enroll for Fall 2025, once you have accepted a spot, will follow shortly thereafter. Please consult our FAQ for questions in the meantime

  4. At El Rio, our mandate is to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities who need special education and related services at no cost to families. We admit all children without regard to them having an existing IEP, assessments in progress, or any disability or learning challenge. Does your child have an IEP? Here’s a guide to the IEP meeting process. Have questions about special education at El Rio? Contact our school’s Director of Student Support & Special Education, Sarah Sporck at sarah.sporck@elrioschool.org. Is your child having learning challenges? At El Rio, for incoming/new students without existing IEPs, we use the Student Success Team process to identify any learning issues in a collaborative process with school leadership, classroom teacher(s), and parents, utilize intervention as part of our pre-referral process, and assess for progress before moving to formal assessment in the IEP process. We are an independent charter authorized by LAUSD, and our special education program is part of LAUSD’s SELPA. Please click here for A Parent’s Guide to Special Education, and click here if you’re puzzled by your child’s special needs for more information.