Now Enrolling Students for Grades 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th for the 2025-2026 School Year!
Welcome to Unbound Stockton Community School!
Student enrollment for Unbound Stockton Community School for the 2025-2026 school year is NOW OPEN! Enroll today and become a founding family member of our community based school.
As a FREE public school, we are enrolling current 3rd-6th grade students. With limited space available, complete the form today to become a student and and part of our founding family.
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We bring Upper Elementary School Students across the city to explore their community and build…
Diverse Relationships
We create an intentionally diverse, welcoming, and equitable learning community that works together to build a better world.
Critical Thinkers
Our approach to learning is to “learn by doing.” We hold high expectations, inspire curiosity, and build critical thinking schools that promotes deeper thinking.
Community Leaders
We develop students’ understanding of self and their community to help shape how they want to engage and contribute to their local community.
Choosing Unbound Stockton
Day in the Life
Learn more about the Day in the Life of an Unbound Stockton Community School Student. Learn about elements of our school schedule and program, as well as mindsets and beliefs we believe the students will hold and develop as they learn and grow as part of our unique community school model.
We are Unbound
Our MISSION: At Unbound Stockton we work to UNDERSTAND ourselves and our role in the community. We develop the knowledge, skills, and experiences that allow us to choose how to UNPACK and UNDO the systems that have divided us and, by learning together, UNLOCK the potential of an UNBOUND Community.
Our VISION: To be Unbound: A diverse community actively learning and engaging across lines of difference.
Unbound Learning
We put students at the forefront of learning to ensure learning inspires curiosity, develops passions, and creates community leaders. Over the past 3 years, we’ve created programs and experiences
Admission Procedures & Timeline
Admission Process
Applications will be accepted during a publicly advertised open enrollment period each year for enrollment in the following school year. The application will request the child’s name, parent/guardian contact information, the child’s age, and current grade. We are recruiting: 30 fourth graders, 30 fifth graders, 30 sixth graders, and 30 seventh graders. For lottery preferences, we also ask if the child has a sibling who is also applying, has a parent who is a board member or full-time staff member of the school, and address (for purposes of determining potential district preferences).
Following the open enrollment period each year, applications shall be counted to determine whether there are fewer vacancies that pupils interested in attending.
If the number of children who wish to attend Unbound Stockton exceeds capacity, admission, except for existing students at Unbound Stockton, who are guaranteed admission in the following school year, shall be determined by a public random drawing.
Admission preferences in the case of a public random drawing shall be given to the following students in the following order:
Admission Preferences
Siblings of children currently admitted to or attending Unbound Stockton
Children of Unbound Stockton Board Members and full-time staff members (not to exceed 10% of total enrollment)
Students who are currently enrolled in or who reside in the elementary school attendance area of the public elementary school in which the Charter School site is located (for the purposes of the SB 740 Charter School Facility Grant Program*)
Residents of the District
All other applicants
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1st Lottery Deadline (Apply Now - January 5, 2025)
Completed applications will be accepted no later than the published deadline for participation in the public, random drawing (assuming one is necessary.) Unbound Stockton’s application will be available in English, Spanish and when possible, other languages (see below). Unbound Stockton founders and employees will provide application support to any families that require or request it.
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1st Public, Random Drawing (January 6, 2025)
Unbound Stockton will conduct a public, random drawing for each grade in which there are fewer vacancies than pupils interested in attending. All students not chosen in the lottery will be added to waitlist in the order they were drawn in the lottery. Families will be notified of an offer of admission or a placement on the waitlist by e-mail and/or phone call. All families accepting an enrollment letter to attend Unbound Stockton will then receive a welcome packet with the required enrollment forms and additional information. Wait-listed families who are granted admission will receive their enrollment materials on a rolling basis.
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2nd Public, Random Drawing (March 1, 2025)
Unbound Stockton will conduct a 2nd public, random drawing for each grade in which there are fewer vacancies than pupils interested in attending if needed. All students not chosen in the lottery will be added to waitlist in the order they were drawn in the lottery. Families will be notified of an offer of admission or a placement on the waitlist by e-mail and/or phone call. All families accepting an enrollment letter to attend Unbound Stockton will then receive a welcome packet with the required enrollment forms and additional information. Wait-listed families who are granted admission will receive their enrollment materials on a rolling basis.
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Enrollment Forms Due (March 30, 2025)
Enrollment forms are due for those selected during lottery time period. Families who receive an offer of admission to Unbound Stockton must follow Unbound Stockton Community School’s registration process, which we have minimized and simplified to the greatest degree possible while still complying with the law. At minimum, families must provide:
A completed student registration form which includes:
Student and Parent Information
A home language survey
Emergency Information
Current School Information
After the enrollment form has been completed and submitted, our team will work with families to provide:
Proof of Immunization
Proof of age and address
A copy of any existing SST evaluations and recommendations for the student
A copy of any existing 504 Plan or IEP for the student
Printable Applications
Next Event
Join us for our FREE coding for community workshops every Wednesday from 3:00 - 5:00pm! Learn about coding and app design - ALL experience levels welcome! LIMITED SPOTS are open to current 3rd - 6th grade students
Date: Every Wednesday from January 15th - March 19th
Time: 3:00 - 5:00pm
Location: 444 N. American St. Stockton, CA 95202
Events Calendar
Interested in becoming a founding family? Check out our list of upcoming events and programming to get involved!
What is the Lotterease Seal of Transparency and Fairness?
When you see the Seal on a school website, you can be confident that your application will be included in the school lottery in a fair and transparent way.
This is because Lotterease is an independent automated lottery system that the school uses to manage their lottery and waitlist. Since Lotterease is an independent system, the school staff do not have the ability to manipulate or adjust the lottery outcome. They must work within the requirements of the system.
In addition, all activity that takes place with your application is tracked in a history log that you can view at any time by logging into the parent portal/
If the school you want your child to attend displays the Lotterease Seal of Transparency and Faireness, you can rest assured that your child will get their fair chance to attend the school.