All students must be recognized as a CMS student for the CMS Lottery Process. Before you can participate in the lottery, you will need to “future enroll” as a student for 2024-2025.  Once you are enrolled, you will be assigned a Student ID number and PIN for the lottery.

Future enrollment begins on November 18, 2024. Enroll as quickly as possible to ensure you have the required information to participate in the CMS lottery process.

Click here to future enroll your student for the 2025-2026 school year.  This will be live on November 18, 2024.

Current Charlotte Mecklenburg School (CMS) students should not future enroll. These students are already enrolled in CMS for the current and next school year.

To future enroll you will need these documents

NOTE: Current Charlotte Mecklenburg School (CMS) students should not future enroll. These students are already enrolled in CMS for the current and next school year. You can skip this step and begin with step 2.

You will visit cmschoice.org to apply for the lottery for the 2025-2026 school year.
 

• 1. The lottery application is open from November 18-January 3, 2024

  2. You will need your student ID number and PIN.

  3. Select up to 3 schools and rank them in order of preference.

  4. Be sure to record the confirmation number after you submit the application.

  5. Lottery results will be available to all families who participated in the lottery within a few weeks after the lottery closes.  

ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THE MIDDLE COLLEGE PROGRAM ARE DUAL-ENROLLED WITH CPCC.  YOU WILL NEED TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT WITH CPCC UNDER THE MIDDLE COLLEGE PROGRAM.  STUDENTS WILL BE ASSIGNED A CPCC EMAIL, USERNAME, AND CREATE A PASSWORD TO ACCESS ALL CPCC RESOURCES.

BEFORE APPLYING CHECK OUT THESE SOURCES:

• CMS MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS

• CPCC APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

 MUST COMPLETE:   CPCC APPLICATION (THROUGH CFNC)

COMPLETE THE MERANCAS MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL APPLICANT INFORMATION FORM. THIS FORM COLLECTS THE NECESSARY CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND PARENTS. 

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING PIECES OF INFORMATION BEFORE COMPLETING THE FORM.

• CMS STUDENT ID NUMBER AND LOTTERY PIN

• CPCC STUDENT ID NUMBER

• YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MIDDLE COLLEGE STUDENTS

• IF YOU CURRENTLY ATTEND A SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF CMS YOU WILL NEED TO UPLOAD A TRANSCRIPT

MUST COMPLETE:  MERANCAS APPLICATION 

Throughout March be on the lookout for notification from CMS lottery in regards to student placement for the upcoming school year. Placement information will only come from CMS Placement.