Still accepting applications for 2024-2025 school year! We are now accepting applications for TK at our Lodestar campus!
Lighthouse is accepting TK for the 2025-2026 school year!
The application for the 2025-26 school year (next year) opens in November 2024!
Thank you for your interest in Lighthouse Community Public Schools. We are dedicated to serving Oakland children and youth with equal parts love and rigor. We want your family to join our Lighthouse Community!
Lighthouse and Lodestar participate in a common application and enrollment system with other charter schools in Oakland. You can apply to multiple charter schools at one time using your smartphone or computer. A paper copy of the application is also available at all participating charter schools. Email enroll@lighthousecharter.org to get a paper application.
About Lighthouse Community Public Schools
LCPS operates two schools in East Oakland:
- Lighthouse Community Charter School, located at 444 Hegenberger Road, serving grades TK-12 and accepting applications for all grades.
- Lodestar, located at 701 105th Ave., serving grades TK-12 and now accepting applications for all grades. For the 2024 school year, TK is an option for students who will turn September 2, 2024-June 2 2025.
Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is a full day class offered at both Lighthouse and Lodestar. For the 23-24 school year, children are eligible if they have a birthdate between September 2, 2018 and April 1, 2019. For the 24-25 school year, children are eligible if they have a birthdate between September 2, 2019 and June 1, 2020.
Our schools are public, free and open to all students, especially students who have been historically underserved by public education, including students of color, students with disabilities, and language learners. There are no tests or other barriers to admission. Admission is based on a lottery system. If applications exceed the spaces available, you will be placed on a waitlist.
The application for the 2025-26 school year (next year) opens in November 2024!
Sign up for a Tour here:
Request for more Info here:
For more information, view other introductory videos and visit our school pages:
Important Dates
- Enrollment for the 25-26 school year opens: Friday, November 1, 2024!
- Deadline for round 1 (On-time) applications: Friday, February 14, 2025
- Late application period begins: Saturday, February 15, 2025
- Lottery: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Offers released to public: Friday, February 28, 2025
- Deadline to ACCEPT or DECLINE offer: Monday, March 10, 2025
- Late Application Offers: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Information Sessions & School Tours
The application for the 2025-26 school year opens on November 2024! Check back for updates
Lighthouse and Lodestar Tour Dates: Sign up here
- TK-5: From 9:30 – 10:30 am
- Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
- Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
- Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
- Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
- Tuesday, June 24th, 2025
- Middle and High School: From 9:30 – 10:30 am
- Thursday, January 16th, 2025
- Thursday, February 13th, 2025
- Thursday, March 13th, 2025
- Thursday, April 10th, 2025
- Thursday, June 26th, 2025
There may be a waitlist developed at LCPS schools after the lottery for some grade levels. The priorities for admissions used during the lottery are as follows:
- Siblings of enrolled and admitted students to keep families together
- Children of Lodestar or Lighthouse staff and LCPS Board Members (not to exceed 2.5% of total enrollment)
- Students who are homeless/unsheltered during the time of enrollment or who become unsheltered while on the waiting list
- Students who are currently enrolled in or who reside within the elementary school attendance area of the district’s public elementary school(s) in which Lodestar is located
- Students living in the 94621 or 94603 zip code
- A sibling of a Lighthouse alum (Does not apply to Lodestar applicants at this time)
- Students zoned to attend underperforming schools within OUSD 4 in which 70% or more of students qualify for free and reduced lunch: to provide an equitable, high-quality public school option to Oakland students and families
- Other prospective students residing within OUSD boundaries: as required by Education Code Section 47605(d)(2)(B) and to serve as a public school option for students and families of Oakland
- All other applicants
More information about enrollment is provided in this video:
Contact Information
List of required documents for enrollment
For questions related to enrollment, please email enroll@lighthousecharter.org
Lighthouse Community Charter School (Grades: TK-12)
444 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, CA. 94621
TK-5th Grade Office: (510) 562-8801
6–12th Grade Office: (510) 562-8225
Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Public School (Grades: TK-12)
701 105th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94603
TK–5th Grade Office: (510) 775-0255
6–12th Grade Office: (510) 775-0382