BCS is authorized by the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) and enrolls any TK-8th grade student residing in California. There is no fee or entrance exam.

To enroll:

• Create an account on the SchoolMint platform

• Enter your child’s information (first-time applicants only)

• Create an application* in the appropriate school year

• Gather and upload your supporting documents

• Email or mail completed applications along with all documents

Paper applications are available for download below or for pickup at our school office located at 102 West Portola Avenue, Los Altos:

• Application in English

• Application in Spanish

Bullis Charter School holds a lottery for open seats. Families will be notified about their child’s enrollment status by email. Students placed on the waitlist will be offered a seat as space becomes available.

Bullis Charter School is one public charter school with 2 campus locations:

BCS North campus: TK-8

102 West Portola Avenue

Los Altos, CA

BCS South campus: TK-5

1124 Covington Road

Los Altos, CA

A number of factors are considered when assigning a student to a campus including class size and distribution of students. For these reasons, you cannot request a change of campus.

The following documentation is required.

Age Verification – any ONE of the following:

• Copy of child’s birth certificate

• Copy of child’s passport

• Copy of child’s baptismal certificate

Residency Verification – any TWO of the following:

• Recent Property tax bill

• Current Rental property contract, lease, or payment receipts

• Voter registration card

• Current DMV vehicle registration

• Utility bill that dates within 3 months (gas/electric, land line, garbage, water, cable – cell phone not accepted)

These documents can be uploaded directly to your child’s application in SchoolMint or dropped off at the Bullis Charter School’s office, 102 Portola Avenue, Los Altos.

Please note:

• Copies of documents are required for EACH child's application.

• All documents must contain the parent/guardian name(s) and corresponding residential address for the student provided on the enrollment application.

• If your child receives an enrollment offer to Bullis Charter School, you may be required to submit additional documents to verify your child’s information.

• If we cannot verify the needed information through documents submitted, the enrollment priority and/or offer of enrollment may be rescinded.

BCS offers equal access to applicants regardless of their actual or perceived disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code or association with an individual who has any of the aforementioned characteristics. View the Charter School Complaint Notice and Form, per CA Education Code (EC) Section 47605(d)(4),

If there are more applications than spots for a specific grade level, then enrollment is determined by a public random drawing, also known as “the lottery”, that is held following the close of the Open Enrollment period.

Because classroom space is limited at each grade level, the number of students enrolled in each class is capped. When there are more applications than space available, a waitlist is created.

Applications entered in the lottery but not offered enrollment are placed first on the waitlist for their grade level based on the SCCOE-authorized enrollment preferences. Applications received after Open Enrollment has closed are placed on the waitlist after waitlisted Lottery applicants.

Parents with a student on the waitlist are notified when a spot becomes available via the email and/or phone number on their SchoolMint account and have approximately one (1) week to accept or decline the offer of enrollment before the next person on the waitlist will be offered the spot.

If any seats open after school begins in the fall, applicants on the waitlist will be notified. Email enroll@bullischarterschool.com with questions regarding the status of your child’s application.

Yes. Your School Mint account remains active; however, you must log in to enter the lottery for the next school year.