Salt Lake Arts Academy is a tuition-free public charter school enrolling 416 students in grades 5-8, approximately 104 students per grade. Students are admitted on a space-available basis. By law, we select students through an admissions lottery, where students are randomly selected from all applications received.
What if the Lottery date has passed?
If you are interested in Applying for the current or upcoming school year, and the Lottery has already been run, you may email Registrar Jen Guillory at
[email protected] to be added to the wait list for your student's grade.
Our upcoming 5th grade class will always have the most openings each year. We admitted 104 5th Graders for the fall of 2025. Openings in 6th, 7th and 8th grade vary by year, but can be limited due to our low student turnover. Once your student has been accepted at SLArts, they are accepted for their entire middle school career, unless they withdraw. Preference is given to siblings of current and alumni students, children of faculty members, and children of members of the school's Governing Board.
We do admit students from our waiting list every year!
Admissions Information Nights
To help students and families decide if Salt Lake Arts Academy is right for them, we hold a number of Admissions Information Evenings at school throughout the winter. We strongly encourage prospective families to attend one of these events. Each Admissions Information Session will begin with a presentation from our leadership team, with time for Q&A, and will conclude with a tour of our school. Parents and prospective students are invited.
Admission Information Nights for the 2027-28 school year will be posted by September 2026 and begin in November.
School Tour
If you can't join us for an Admissions Information Night you may join a small group tour of our school on Thursday mornings, beginning in November. You may schedule these tours by calling Jen Guillory at our front desk (801-531-1173.) These 45-min tours will be led by our Registrar or 8th Grade Ambassadors, and are designed to give you a quick overview of the school in action. It's best if the parent/guardian can also bring their student along for the tour!
