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.

ENGLISH 2021-22 Application

ESPANOL 2021-22 Application

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

Plain Text ENGLISH 2021-22 Elementary Application

Plain Text ESPANOL 2021-22 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 seats. The lottery for the 2021-22 school year was held on March 10, 2021, at Acero Victoria Soto High School at 5:30pm.

Online applications were to be completed by 11:59pm and paper applications marked received by 3:00pm on February 26, 2021 to be included in the lottery.

All applications received after the February 26 deadline will be placed into open seats or waitlist positions on a first-come, first-served basis through the start of the 2021-22 school year.

Families who applied before the Feb. 26 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 March 24, 2021.

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 if applicable (specific to applicants for Clemente, Fuentes and Tamayo).

Click here to review our full Lottery Policy

Applicants who applied before Feb. 26, 2021 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 March 24, 2021.

Families submitting applications after February 26 will receive notifications beginning April 5 via phone, email, text, and US mail.

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 a date that will be provided to you.

For more information about registration, click here.

Not at this moment. We strongly encourage you to explore the school you are interested in via their website. Click here for a directory of links, videos 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 schools' enrollment staff member: