Admission Priority
Application Priority By Type
Each year, admissions and enrollments are conducted based on a priority system where available space is offered in the following order:
1. Continuing and Transfers Students: Students currently attending (including mid-year transfer students) that complete the continuing student registration registration by the priority deadline are guaranteed a space at West Virginia Academy for the following school year. So the best way for any prospective student to achieve admission to West Virginia Academy is to act before the priority deadline by: (i) completing a new student application to be admitted this school year a this school year as a mid-year transfer student and then (ii) completing the registration for the following school year.
2. Timely Applicants: Prospective students for next year who complete a new student application by the priority deadline in the spring are admitted for the next Fall based on available remaining space and, if the total applications for any grade level exceed any grade level exceed the available space, then a lottery is held to randomly select students for admission and wait-list any students who are not admitted.
3. Transfers After Deadline: Students who complete a new student application to transfer to West Virginia Academy after the priority deadline are enrolled only if space is available in their grade level for the following year, taking continuing stud taking continuing students and newly admitted applicants for the following year into account. The last day to transfer is the end of the first week of April.
4. Applications After the Deadline: Prospective students who apply after the priority deadline for the academic year as well as continuing students who failed to register by the deadline are failed to register by the deadline are then admitted in the order each application is received. If the grade level for the applicant is full then the student is wait-listed, again in th application is received. If the grade level for the applicant is full then the student is wait-listed, again in the order the application is received. student is wait-listed, again in the order the application is received.
Completing Registration and Enrollment: Upon the completion of an application and being offered admission, in order to complete registration and enrollment, parents mu and enrollment, parents must submit the required documentation and pay the field trip fee for the school year ($30 per student). Additional information is provided in regar the field trip fee for the school year ($30 per student). Additional information is provided in regards to these required forms and fees at the time of admission. is provided in regards to these required forms and fees at the time of admission. admission.