Pre-Enrollment and Waitlist Data

Pre-enrollment reports, released each spring by April 1, summarize the number of students who are expected to be enrolled in Massachusetts charter schools for the upcoming school year.

FY 2025

• 2024-2025 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report — 4/1/2024
  • FY2025 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  

• FY2025 Pre-Enrollment, Sibling Pre-Enrollment, and Waitlist Data Submission Memorandum and Instructions

• FY2025 Pre-Enroll NSS Cap Guidance for Districts

FY 2024

• Updated Report of Charter Waitlist as of October 1, 2023
  • FY2024 Updated Waitlist Appendix
  
  
• Initial Report of Charter School Waitlist as of March 15, 2023
  • FY2024 Initial Waitlist Appendix
  
  

• 2023-2024 Significant Expansion Data Submission Memorandum and Instructions

• 2023-2024 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report — 3/30/2023
  • FY2024 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  

• FY2024 Pre-Enrollment, Sibling Pre-Enrollment, and Waitlist Data Submission Memorandum and Instructions

• FY2024 Pre-Enroll NSS Cap Guidance for Districts

• FY2024 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Estimate Guidance

FY 2023

• Updated Report of Charter Waitlist as of October 3, 2022
  • FY2023 Updated Waitlist Appendix
  
  

• Guidance on FY2023 Significant Expansion — 5/13/2022

• Initial Report of Charter School Waitlist as of March 15, 2022
  • FY2023 Initial Waitlist Appendix
  
  
• 2022-2023 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report — 3/28/2022
  • FY2023 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  

• FY2023 Pre-Enrollment and Waitlist Data Submission Memorandum and Instructions

• FY2023 Pre-Enroll NSS Cap Guidance for Districts

• FY2023 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Estimate Guidance

FY 2022

• Updated Report of Charter Waitlist as of October 1, 2021
  • FY2022 Updated Waitlist Appendix
  
  

• New Sibling Data Elements in Student Information Systems for 2021-22 Reporting

• Initial Report of Charter School Waitlist as of March 15, 2021
  • FY2022 Initial Waitlist Appendix
  
  

• Guidance on FY2022 Significant Expansion — 5/12/2021

• 2021-2022 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report — 3/30/2021
  • FY2022 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  

• FY2022 Pre-Enrollment and Waitlist Data Submission Memorandum and Instructions

• FY2022 Pre-Enroll NSS Cap Guidance for Districts

• FY2022 Pre-Enrollment Estimate Guidance

FY 2021

• Updated Report of Charter Waitlist as of October 1, 2020 — 3/16/2020
  • FY2021 Updated Waitlist Appendix
  
  
• Initial Report of Charter School Waitlist as of March 16, 2020 — 6/18/2020
  • FY2021 Initial Waitlist Appendix
  
  

• Guidance on FY2021 Significant Expansion — 5/13/2020

• 2020-2021 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report — 4/1/2020
  • FY2021 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  

• FY2021 Pre-Enrollment and Waitlist Submission Memo and Instructions

• FY2021 Pre-Enroll NSS Cap Guidance for Districts

• FY2021 Pre-Enrollment Estimate Guidance

FY 2020

• Updated Report of Charter Waitlist as of October 1, 2019 — 2/10/2020
  • FY2020 Updated Waitlist Appendix
  
  
• Initial Report of Charter School Waitlist as of March 15, 2019 — 5/8/2019
  • FY2020 Initial Waitlist Appendix
  
  

• Guidance on FY2020 Significant Expansion

• 2019-2020 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report — 4/1/2019
  • FY2020 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  

• FY2020 Pre-Enrollment and Waitlist Guidance — 2/15/2019

• FY2020 Pre-Enroll NSS Cap Additional Guidance for Districts — 2/15/2019

• FY2020 Pre-Enrollment Estimate Guidance — 11/16/2018

FY 2019

• Updated Report of Charter Waitlist as of October 1, 2018 — 2/5/2019
  • FY2019 Updated Waitlist Appendix
  
  
• Initial Report of Charter School Waitlist as of March 15, 2018 — 5/31/2018
  • FY2019 Initial Waitlist Appendix
  
  

• Guidance on FY2019 Significant Expansion

• 2018-2019 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report — 3/30/2018
  • FY2019 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  

• FY2019 Pre-Enrollment and NSS Cap Guidance — 3/2/2018

FY 2018

• Updated Report of Charter School Waitlist as of October 1, 2017 — 1/5/2018
  • FY2018 Updated Waitlist Appendix
  
  
• Initial Report of Charter School Waitlist as of March 15, 2017 — 5/16/2017
  • FY2018 Initial Waitlist Appendix
  
  

• Guidance on FY2018 Significant Expansion — 5/25/2017

• 2017-2018 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report — 3/31/2017
  • FY2018 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  
• 2017-2018 Pre-Enrollment, NSS "Near-Cap", Waitlist Data Information — 2/16/2017
  • FY2018 Projected NSS "Near-Cap"
  
  

FY 2017

• Updated Report of Charter School Waitlist as of October 1, 2016 — 12/23/2016
  • FY2017 Updated Waitlist Appendix
  
  
• Initial Report of Charter School Waitlist as of March 15, 2016 — 6/30/2016
  • FY2017 Initial Waitlist Appendix
  
  

• Guidance on FY2017 Significant Expansion — 6/8/2016

• 2016-2017 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report — 4/1/2016
  • FY2017 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  
• 2016-2017 Pre-Enrollment, NSS "Near Cap", Waitlist Data Information — 2/16/2016
  • FY2017 Projected NSS NearCap
  
  

FY 2016

• Updated Report on Charter School Waitlist, February 2016 — 2/18/2016
  • FY2016 Updated Waitlist Appendix
  
  

• Guidance for November 2015 Waitlist Submission — 10/23/2015

• Guidance on FY2016 Significant Expansion — 5/15/2015

• Report on Charter School Waitlist, May 2015 — 5/7/2015
  • Appendix March 2015
  
  
• 2015-2016 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report — 4/1/2015
  • FY2016 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  
• 2015-2016 Pre-Enrollment, NSS "Near Cap", Waitlist Data and Webinar Information — 2/17/2015
  • FY2016 Projected NSS NearCap
  
  

FY 2015

• Update Report on Charter School Waitlist, February 2015
  • Appendix October 2014
  
  
• Report on Charter School Waitlist, May 2014
  • Appendix March 2014
  
  
• 2014-2015 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Report and Update on Waitlist Report — 4/1/2014
  • FY15 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  
• 2014-2015 Pre-Enrollment, NSS "Near Cap" and Waitlist Data Information — 2/14/2014
  • FY2015 NSS Near Cap Analysis
  
  

FY 2014

• Update Report on Charter School Waitlist, May 2014

• Report on Charter School Waitlist, July 2013

• FY2014 Pre-Enrollment — 4/1/2013
  • FY2014 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
  
  
• 2013-2014 Pre-Enrollment, Significant Expansion, and Deadlines — 2/26/2013
  • FY2014 NSS Near Cap Analysis
  
  

FY 2013

• FY2013 Pre-Enrollment — 4/1/2012
  • By Charter School
  • By District
  • Totals by District and Wait List
  
  
• 2012-2013 Pre-Enrollment, Significant Expansion, and Deadlines — 2/15/2012
  • FY2013 NSS Near Cap Analysis
  
  

Last Updated: April 1, 2024