Icahn Charter School 2

Icahn Charter School 2 emphasizes a rigorous Core Knowledge curriculum starting in kindergarten, designed to help students exceed New York State Board of Regents performance standards. The school supports this approach with an extended school day and small class sizes (two classes per grade capped at 18 students) to better sustain the rigorous program and work cooperatively with families toward high academic standards.

Icahn Charter School 2 admits students via an open lottery for all grades; families apply online through the Icahn Charter Schools SchoolMint portal (linked from the school’s lottery-application notices), and the network’s lottery guidelines also reference a paper application option. (icahncharterschool2.org) Their posted “Enrollment and Lottery Guidelines” state that applications received on or before April 1 are entered into the lottery, which is run using third-party lottery software and includes selection preferences. (files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com) Priority categories (in order) are: (1) siblings of currently enrolled students, (2) children of employees (limited to 15% of total enrollment and the child must reside in NY), and (3) students who live in the school’s community school district (District 11 for Icahn Charter School 2). (files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com) After available seats are filled (kindergarten is noted as generally having 36 open seats), a waitlist is generated in lottery order; “A”-prefixed numbers indicate a guaranteed seat and “W”-prefixed numbers indicate waitlist placement, and if a twin is selected the other twin receives an automatic seat. (files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com) If you miss the application deadline, the guidelines direct families to call the Icahn District office to ask about the availability of seats (and, if needed, to pursue placement via the waitlist process). (files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com)