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American Prep is a tuition-free public charter school. We do not have tuition for any of our K-12th grade students. Some fees are charged in grades 7th-12th, which is the same as attending any traditional public school.

American Preparatory Academy is a public charter school. It’s open to all students and charges no tuition. Like every Utah public school, it’s funded by the state, follows state academic standards and testing requirements, and is held accountable for student results.

A charter school is a free public school that runs under a “charter,” a contract with an authorizer. In Utah, the authorizer is usually the State Charter School Board. The charter gives the school more freedom than a traditional district school to choose its own curriculum, teaching methods, and school culture. In return, the school must meet the academic and financial goals in its charter.

• Choice: Families choose to apply. Students aren’t assigned by neighborhood boundaries.
• Governance: Each charter school has its own governing board instead of a local school district board.
• Focus: Charter schools often have a specific mission or educational approach.
• Enrollment: If there are more applicants than seats, admission is decided by a lottery, as Utah law requires.

The first lottery will be run on January 19, 2027. Students are selected at random until all available spaces are filled. Any remaining applicants are placed on a waiting list and offered enrollment if space becomes available.

Siblings receive a priority status in our enrollment lottery. To enroll a sibling, please follow these steps:

• Sign up for a tour at the campus where you’d like to enroll the student.
• Confirm your sibling status when you arrive for the tour, and you will then proceed with only the assessment portion of the tour.
• After the assessment, you will receive an email with our formal sibling application.

The transfer application can be found at the following link: Transfer Application

Our priority sibling enrollment window is November 1st – December 1st. This ensures priority enrollment before the public lottery.

Families will be notified of sibling enrollment offers the week of January 5th. The public lottery is on January 19th.

The transfer application window is November 1st – December 15th, which ensures priority is given before our first public lottery.

The first transfer offers will be sent on January 5th.

Transfer applications will be reviewed for offers again on May 1st and July 1st.

You should begin the process in the November prior to your child being old enough to start Kindergarten. Our lottery for the following school year opens every year on Black Friday. We cannot take kindergarten applications until this time.

You will not need to do anything special to enroll your student at the secondary campus. All 6th graders are automatically given a 7th grade seat, provided you have completed the re-enrollment process. Please watch for information from your student’s current campus concerning re-enrollment and celebration of excellence meetings.

We’re happy to help! You can call or text our enrollment team at 385-217-4108 and we’ll be glad to answer your questions.

Yes. All APA students wear uniforms. Uniforms keep the focus on learning, cut down on distractions and clothing pressure, and help build a sense of community and school pride. Click here to view the uniform guides.

APA runs a paid bus program for our Draper and Eagle Mountain campuses. Students can ride in the morning, the afternoon, or both. Seats are limited and filled first-come, first-served, and families who don’t get a seat go on a waitlist. To apply, fill out the current year’s bus application on the Draper Bus Program page or the Eagle Mountain Bus Route page. If a seat opens, you’ll get an offer by email, and the fee will be posted in Skyward. Our other campuses don’t offer busing, so families there arrange their own transportation.

School hours vary by campus, and Wednesdays and Thursdays are early-out days. Here’s a general look at each campus:

Exact times can depend on your child’s grade. For the schedule that applies to your family, ask your tour guide or the campus registrar. They’ll be happy to walk you through it.