Enrollment

About Enrollment

Langston Charter Middle School is a public charter school in the Charter Institute at Erskine district.  There are no academic requirements for enrollment.  As a public school receiving local and state funding, there is no tuition for students who attend.

Our school maintains an enrollment of 450 students in 6th – 8th grades.  Historically, Langston has always received more applications than there are available openings for the coming year.  As a result, in accordance with South Carolina Charter School law, Langston admits all students through a lottery process.  We conduct a lottery for each grade level each year, and the results provide the order of selection for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade openings for the following year.  Each lottery list becomes the official “wait list” for each grade for the following year.  For the 2025-26 school year, we will enroll 180 new 6th grade students via the lottery process and will use the lottery lists generated for both 7th and 8th grades to fill openings as they occur. 

If you have questions about the lottery or enrollment process, please contact Celanie Martin, Director of Admissions, at 864-286-9700 or cmartin@langstoncharter.org.

2025-26 Lottery Application

The lottery application for the 2025-2026 school year closed on November 1, 2024. 

Waitlist Applications for the 2025-2026 school year will be accepted starting December 1, 2024 for anyone not participating in the enrollment lottery.  Waitlist Applications will be time and date stamped and placed in order of receipt at the end of the lottery list names. You can find the printable waitlist application here.

2024-25 Waitlist Application

The Waitlist Application for the current 2024-25 school year is available upon request from the Admissions office.

School Tours

Tours have recently been completed as of the end of October 2024.  Tours are only conducted during the lottery application window each year, and will be offered again during the fall of 2025.

Sibling Enrollment

What about younger brothers and sisters?  Do they have to go through the lottery too?

In order to be considered a “sibling applicant” and bypass the enrollment lottery, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

  • Share at least one common parent, either by birth or legal adoption with a sibling either currently enrolled or who has completed at least one year at Langston within the last six years.
  • Complete and submit a lottery application by the required date.
  • Complete all other required steps of the enrollment process.

Lottery Selection Process for 2025-26

Lottery application available on website

October 1, 2024 – November 1, 2024

Information Meetings for Prospective Students in the Langston Gym (OPTIONAL)

Thursday, October 17, 2024 6:00-7:00 PM

Saturday, October 19, 2024 10:00-11:00 AM

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 6:00-7:00 PM

Application Deadline

Friday, November 1, 2024 at 5:00pm

Lottery
Results posted on front doors immediately following lottery

Monday, November 11, 2024 at 4:30pm

Enrollment paperwork emailed to students selected by the lottery

By Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Enrollment Paperwork Due

Monday, December 2, 2024

Family Intake Conferences
REQUIRED

January 2025: Dates and specific details TBA.

Equal Education Opportunity

No student shall be denied equal opportunity for admission based on race, sex, color, religion, handicap, marital status, or national origin.  Langston Charter Middle School is open to all students in grades 6 – 8.