One Application That Expands Charter School Choice

Summary

An Oakland-area charter system supports a unified charter enrollment experience with one application that improves school choice visibility for families across 40 schools.

The initiative helps families apply across multiple schools while enabling participating schools in Oakland and West Contra Costa to centralize access, resulting in one-quarter of total families in the region choosing to enroll in charter schools.

The Opportunity

Families navigating charter enrollment often must apply to multiple schools, creating friction and limiting equitable access. An Oakland-area charter system needed a simpler choice experience that improves visibility and streamlines applying across participating charter schools.

As a nonprofit initiative designed to make school choice more accessible, this Oakland-area charter system needed a single, centralized workflow that helps families discover options and submit applications without duplicative work.

Because families often apply to multiple charter schools, the process needed to reduce confusion and improve accessibility across a large set of participating schools. The goal was to support enrollment demand while maintaining a clearer, family-friendly experience.

The Solution

SchoolMint Enroll supports this initiative through a unified, multi-school application experience, MultApply.

• One application supports families applying to multiple charter schools.
• Centralized access improves school choice visibility for participating communities.
• Shared workflow supports consistent intake across schools and enrollment cycles.
• Streamlined experience reduces friction for families navigating charter options.

The Results

• 29 Oakland charter schools participate in the Oakland-area charter system application.
• 11 West Contra Costa charter schools supported through shared application.
• 1 application simplifies family choice across multiple charter schools.

Improve your charter organization’s enrollment processes with the leading K-12 enrollment software.

SchoolMint Enroll is the premier student enrollment management system for charter organizations that are serious about creating efficient processes for themselves and easy experiences for families.

Our comprehensive enrollment management software provides functionality for:

• Student Recruitment
• Application Management (including universal/shared application processes)
• Lottery and Placement
• Registration and SIS Sync
• ECE, CTE, Virtual School, Transfers, Magnet Programs, etc.

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