Enrollment

2023 Openings
GES has openings in K-5th grade for Fall 2023. All other grades are full at this time. Expect waitlists for 6th. If you are interested in enrolling a student in K through 8, call to get more information or sign up your child on the waiting list. Families move or change circumstances, and a spot may open up in the grade you’re interested in.
For GES’s complete
Enrollment Policy:
click here.
Application Information
Great Expectations is a free public charter school that receives funding from the state and federal government based on the number of students enrolled.
Grade and classroom enrollment caps are established yearly by the Board of Directors. Preference will be given to the students already enrolled and to their siblings. If more applications are received than there are spaces available, a lottery will be held.
The school will maintain a waiting list (in order of lot selection) for students who cannot be immediately enrolled. No child will be refused admission to the school on the basis of race, gender, religion, ethnicity, intellectual or physical ability, measures of achievement, aptitude or athletic ability.
To Apply Online:
To Apply In-Person:
Please print one application form
for each student.
You may drop off your application in person at the school office at:
550 East 5th Street - Grand Marais
To Mail Application:
Please print one application form
for each student.
Mail appplications to:
Great Expectations School
PO Box 310: Grand Marais, MN 55604
To Verify Acceptance
If you have been notified by the school that a spot is available for your student, please return this enrollment and ethnicity form to verify your acceptance of that spot.