Apply to an Acero Elementary School

If you prefer to submit a paper application, please download it below, print and submit to your nearest Acero school. Fill out the application in blue or black ink.

2026-27 Application

Use the links below to download a printable, plain-text version of the application for visually impaired users.

Plain Text ENGLISH Elementary Application

Plain Text ESPANOL Elementary  Application

Acero Schools hosts an annual lottery to determine enrollment for grades K-8 for the upcoming school year. During the K-8 lottery, applicants are chosen at random for all available K-8 and seats. The lottery date for the 2026-27 school year is March 11, 2026.

Online applications must be completed by 11:59 p.m. and paper applications marked received by 3:00 p.m. on February 27, 2026 to be included in the lottery.

All applications received after the deadline will be placed into open seats or waitlist positions on a first-come, first-served basis through the start of the 2026-27 school year.

Families who applied before the lottery deadline will receive detailed communications via email, text and US mail concerning the status of their application and next steps regarding registration and/or their waitlist status beginning the week of March 23, 2026. 

Applicants are given priority, if applicable, in the following order: if they have siblings enrolled at the school, were previously enrolled at an Acero school, or meet neighborhood boundary requirements (specific to applicants for Clemente).

Click here to review our full Lottery Policy

Applicants who apply before the lottery deadline will receive detailed communications via email, text and US mail concerning the status of their application and next steps regarding registration and/or their waitlist status beginning the week of March 23, 2026. All offers sent at this time must be accepted by the deadline indicated in the offer, or they will expire, and the seat will be offered to the next applicant on the waitlist.

If a seat becomes available and your child is next on the waitlist, you will receive a phone call, text or email requesting that you accept or decline the seat within 48 hours. Applicants who fail to accept or decline within 48 hours will be moved to the end of the waitlist.

Congratulations! Please be sure to accept your offer. You will shortly thereafter receive information about registration and other required information. You will be required to complete student registration by the date that will be provided to you.

Please call your school of choice or an enrollment team member for appointment availability.

We encourage you to explore the school you are interested in via their website. Click here for a directory of links and social media channels for each of our schools.

We encourage you to explore school websites, Facebook pages, and informational Youtube videos. Click here for a directory of links.

You may reach Acero Schools Central Office at (312) 637-3900 or your contact preferred school's enrollment staff member: