Apply to ECA

• 10th–12th Grade Transfer Students: Transfer applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis; the deadline for transfer applications is June 6th, 2025. Transfer applicants must be on-track to graduate in order to be considered for acceptance. Spots are extremely limited for 10^th through 12^th grade for the 2025-26 school year; families are encouraged to apply asap.  ECA caps all grade levels at 55 students per grade.
• Legacy Admissions: Siblings of current or former ECA students who apply for a transfer spot by the deadline are automatically offered a spot at ECA based on current availability, and do not go through the lottery process.  A legacy applicant must still submit a completed application by the stated deadline, follow all acceptance and paperwork deadlines, and complete an individual orientation, math assessment and Jump Start.
• Applicants must be on-track to graduate in order to be considered for admission to ECA.
• Eligible 10th-12th grade transfer students with complete applications will receive email notification of an offer of acceptance on a rolling basis, from Feb. 28th through June 6th.  Students and families will have two weeks from the date of email notification to accept the offer of a spot at ECA for 2025-26.
• Families of transfer students must submit both an application and all required paperwork to be considered for admission.
  • Required Documentation:
    • Unofficial transcript and most recent report card or progress report
    • IEP (Individualized Educational Plan, if student receives Special Education services)
    • 504 Plan, custody/legal or health documents, if applicable

Families of incoming 9th grade students selected in the ECA Lottery, legacy admissions students, and 10th-12th transfer students who are offered a spot at ECA, will have two weeks to reply in writing via email to accept the offer of enrollment at ECA and submit all required paperwork to the school Registrar, Amanda Shirah, in person or scanned through email and sent to amanda.cortez@aps.edu.  If a family does not reply and/or submit required paperwork within that two-week period:

• The student will be moved to the bottom of the waitlist
• Families will receive written notice of their waitlist status   
• A new student will be selected from the waitlist to take the available spot.  Selected waitlist students will have two weeks from the date of email notification to accept a spot at ECA and submit required paperwork.

Please ensure contact information, including email addresses, are correct on your application.  ECA is not responsible for application errors or unread email offers of acceptance and documentation requests.

• All students new to ECA must take a math placement test, regardless of math credits earned, to determine placement in ECA’s advanced course sequence
• ECA will administer the math assessment four times in the spring:
  • Wed. April 16th at 9:00 am or 4:00 pm
  • Thursday May 8th at 4:00 pm
  • Saturday May 10th at 10:00 am

Once a student has been accepted to ECA and submitted all required paperwork, our registrar will schedule an in-person orientation for the student(s) and their parent/guardian. All accepted students and families must:

• Submit all required paperwork by the stated deadline(s)
• Attend a scheduled New Student Orientation before May 29, 2025
• Review, sign and agree to the ECA Academic Contract 
• Complete the math assessment for placement (see above)
• Attend New Student Jump Start Day (Student only) in early August (Date TBD)