Enroll Your Child With Roxbury Prep

Roxbury Prep is a tuition-free public school, and students are admitted by random lottery. We accept applications from students entering grades 5 to 9. There is no interview process, and all students who are residents of Boston, including students with IEPs and English Language Learners, are encouraged to apply.

Families enroll in Roxbury Prep through Apply Boston Charters, the enrollment system for Boston charter schools. Click below to start your application or join a school tour, remember to select Roxbury Prep Charter School when you submit your application!

If you missed the initial charter school lottery, you can still apply for a chance to attend Roxbury Prep!

Our next lottery will be held on May 13, and the application deadline for that lottery will be May 12 at 11:59 p.m.

Our following lotteries will be held on:
• May 27 — the application deadline for this lottery is May 26 at 11:59 p.m.
• June 10 — the application deadline for this lottery is June 9 at 11:59 p.m.

Admission to Roxbury Prep is non-selective and non-discriminatory, and is won by lottery. Roxbury Prep accepts new students for the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grades. Please note: Roxbury Prep does not accept applications for 10th to 12th grades.

Application for admission to Roxbury Prep is made available to families in three ways:

• By completing an online application through the Schoolmint website
• Applying over the phone at (617) 858-2301
• By completing a paper application

Families can obtain physical copies of the application at each Roxbury Prep campus, at Boston Public Schools Welcome Centers, and other public meeting places.

Physical applications should be mailed via USPS or hand delivered to any of the schools using the Boston Charter School Application or:

Roxbury Prep Admissions
206 Magnolia Street
Dorchester, MA 02121

Applications will not be accepted by fax or email.