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
34 May 23 2025 May 28, 2025

SY 2025–2026

Lottery # Application Deadline Lottery Date
8 May 16, 2025 May 21, 2025
9 May 30, 2025 June 4, 2025
10 June 13, 2025 June 18, 2025
11 June 27, 2025 July 2, 2025
12 July 11, 2025 July 16, 2025
13 July 25, 2025 July 30, 2025
14 August 8, 2025 August 13, 2025
15 August 22, 2025 August 27, 2025
16 September 5, 2025 September 10, 2025
17 September 19, 2025 September 24, 2025
18 October 3, 2025 October 8, 2025
19 October 17, 2025 October 22, 2025
20 October 31, 2025 November 5, 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