Enrollment

Congratulations on your decision to enroll your child in one of the best school-from-home programs in Massachusetts. This page will provide everything you need to register and get started, but if you have any questions, please schedule a time to speak to our enrollment specialist.

Welcome to GCVS! We’re happy to have you here, and we look forward to meeting you.

Enrollment Caps

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education places enrollment caps on virtual public schools, so there may be a waiting list for enrollment. But don’t let this discourage you from applying; we often have space.

You’re welcome to take a look at the Cap Towns* for the 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 school years.

Lottery

When we receive more applications than the number of available spots, we conduct a random-number lottery, prioritizing the students with enrollment preferences. We publish the lottery results on this website and notify selected families via email.

We place selected families on a waitlist. If spots become available throughout the school year, we will offer placement to those families based on the assigned lottery number.

SY 2024–2025

Lottery # Application Deadline Lottery Date
30 March 28, 2025 April 2, 2025
31 April 11, 2025 April 16, 2025
32 April 25, 2025 April 30, 2025
33 May 9, 2025 May 14, 2025

SY 2025–2026

Lottery # Application Deadline Lottery Date
1 February 7, 2025 February 12, 2025
2 February 21, 2025 February 26, 2025
3 March 7, 2025 March 12, 2025
4 March 21, 2025 March 26, 2025
5 April 4, 2025 April 9, 2025
6 April 18, 2025 April 23, 2025
7 May 2, 2025 May 7, 2025
8 May 16, 2025 May 21, 2025
9 May 30, 2025 June 4, 2025
10 June 13, 2025 June 18, 2025

Enrollment Preferences
The Greater Commonwealth Virtual School will provide an enrollment preference to:

  1. Students who are unable to attend school in person because of the student’s medical condition
  2. Students who are out of school due to bullying or other safety concerns
  3. Students with disabilities
  4. Students out of school due to pregnancy or parenting
  5. Students who seek advanced coursework not available in their current school
  6. Students in training for competitive arts or sports whose schedules prevent them from attending school regularly
  7. Students of currently enrolled siblings