Enrollment Process
Thank you for your interest in Yinghua Academy! The enrollment results for the next school year are posted below.
2025-2026 Enrollment
The open enrollment period for the 25-26 school year will be from January 8, 2025, to February 13, 2025, at 5 p.m. The lottery (if needed) will be held on February 14, 2025, at 5 p.m. and the results will be posted by 5:30 p.m.
School tours are currently available to see Yinghua Academy students and teachers in action. Please see the Visit Yinghua webpage for tour dates and times. Contact claire.little@yinghuaacademy.org with tour-related questions or to schedule a tour.
2024-2025 Enrollment
Follow the link to see the results of the 2024-2025 Lottery Results and Waitlist, updated November 25, 2024.
- To apply: If you would like to apply for the current 2024-2025 school year, please email Yinghua’s Registrar Renee Cosgrove at renee.cosgrove@yinghuaacademy.org.
Enrollment and Lottery Process
Lottery: When the number of applications is greater than the Board-approved capacity for any grades, we hold a lottery during a public meeting. Based on the lottery, some applicants are offered the opportunity to enroll. The other applicants are placed on a waiting list. After the close of the Open Enrollment period, Yinghua Academy continues to accept applications for all grades. If there is no space available in a specific grade, the applicant is added to the waiting list.
Enrollment Preference: Yinghua Academy adheres to YA-010-Admissions Policy, linked above. Per section 7 a-c: Siblings of enrolled students and children of Yinghua staff may receive enrollment preference. If the school receives the appropriately completed application of a sibling of a currently enrolled student by the Open Enrollment deadline, the applicant is admitted automatically; this is true even when the admission and enrollment result in the school exceeding a grade-level Board-approved capacity. If the school receives the appropriately completed application of a child of a Yinghua staff member, the applicant is admitted automatically; this is true even when the admission and enrollment result in the school exceeding a grade-level Board-approved capacity.
Kindergarten Enrollment: Prospective students entering kindergarten must be 5 years old on or before September 1 of the year in which they begin kindergarten.
Receipt of Application: Applications may be submitted via email to Renee Cosgrove (renee.cosgrove@yinghuaacademy.org), online form, or via postal mail to the following address: Registrar, Yinghua Academy, 1616 Buchanan Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413.
Non-Discrimination: Yinghua Academy does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, age, nor any other protected class. The school district also makes reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities, special needs, and limited English proficiency.
If you have been offered an enrollment spot, please write to Yinghua Registrar Renee Cosgrove to confirm that you have received her message and to connect with her regarding the details of completing and returning your enrollment packet: renee.cosgrove@yinghuaacademy.org.
Enrollment: Frequently Asked Questions
Kindergarten students must be 5 years of age on or before September 1 of the year they enter kindergarten.
In the 2023-2024 school year, there are roughly 830 students in grades K-8.
Waitlists are determined annually following the open enrollment period. Enrollment preference is only given to siblings of students already enrolled at Yinghua Academy and to children of staff.
Waitlists are only carried through the year for which you applied. If you wish to apply for the next year, you must apply again during the Open Enrollment Period.
Yinghua has a retention rate of approximately 96%. For kindergarten, the number of applicants admitted off the wait list varies from year to year. In the past, Yinghua has offered enrollment to anywhere from 10-25 originally waitlisted applicants.
Students may apply for enrollment in any grade without any prior Chinese language experience; families of students applying for 1st grade and higher will be asked to meet with the Academic Director to discuss immersion learning expectations.
Yes, guided tours are scheduled for most Tuesday and Thursday mornings. See the Visit Yinghua page under Prospective Families for upcoming tour dates, or write to claire.little@yinghuaacademy.org, if you would like to schedule a tour.