Admissions Lottery Process

Students at Renaissance are chosen through a blind lottery system. At Renaissance, from K-3 there is one class per grade with 25 students in each class, 4th grade has one class with 26 students, and from 5th -12th there are two classes per grade with 27 students in each class.

Every year we accept a new Kindergarten class and a new 5th grade class. All applications for grades K and 5 that are in the hands of school administrators by the due date will receive a letter from the school stating whether you have been accepted or not.

Applicants for 1st to 4th and 6th to 12th grades will be entered into a lottery when we have an empty seat, and that can be at any time during the school year.

When we hold a lottery for an empty seat we will only call the applicant who was picked. Students awaiting placement should be registered in another school and not be dependent on acceptance at Renaissance.

All applications are grouped into grades and receive a number. When we hold a lottery for an empty seat in a particular grade, each number is written on a slip of paper, put in a box and one is picked.

Priority for the school’s lottery is given in the order listed below:

1. siblings of students already in the school (Siblings are defined as brothers or sisters and proof of legal guardianship required)
2. families that live in school district 30
3. everybody else in NYC