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RYSE Platform

See the RYSE Platform for Your School Search

Use one address to understand your public school options, focus on what matters to your family, and compare your favorites in one place.

Showing the RYSE platform for families choosing a school.

Step 01 · Learn

Your Step-by-Step School Selection Checklist

  • Follow a clear sequence of school choice tasks and deadlines for Charlotte families.
  • Remove steps that do not apply to your family and add the steps that matter to you.
  • Use the notes section at the bottom to keep your questions, decisions, and next steps together.

For Your School Search

Use the checklist to keep important tasks, deadlines, and notes together from the beginning of your search through your final decision.

RYSE school selection checklist with customizable Charlotte school choice tasks and progress controls.

Step 02 · Prioritize

Identify What Matters Most to Your Family

  • Mark each factor as essential or a bonus.
  • Choose the priorities that matter most so your suggestions stay focused.
  • Your priorities shape the schools RYSE suggests and the questions you prepare for school visits.

For Your School Search

Choose the factors that matter to your family so your suggested schools and school visit questions reflect what you care about.

The priorities workspace, setting each factor to essential or bonus.

Step 03 · Explore

Explore Your School Options

  • Review suggestions based on your address, priorities, and indicators of school effectiveness.
  • See all of your options in one place and save the schools that interest you.
  • Look beyond ratings with information about student growth and school access.
  • Use maps that include CMS magnet transportation zones.

For Your School Search

See the traditional, magnet, and charter schools available from your address, then save the ones worth a closer look to My List.

The Explore list of suggested schools with filters and a map of Charlotte.

Step 04 · Compare

Compare Your Favorite Schools

  • Place your favorite schools side by side so you can weigh the details that matter to your family.
  • Review school information, your notes, and the trade-offs in one place.
  • Remove schools that no longer feel like a fit as your decision becomes clearer.

For Your School Search

Place your favorite schools side by side and look beyond a single rating as you narrow your list.

Favorite schools compared side by side with growth, distance, and details.

Step 05 · Connect & Choose

Connect and Choose With Confidence

  • Prepare questions for each school based on your priorities and what you want to learn.
  • Use suggested questions from the RYSE team to get started.
  • Keep your notes together as you tour, call, and reflect on each school.

For Your School Search

Bring focused questions to each school and keep your visit notes together while you make your choice.

Suggested questions to ask a school, grouped by topic and ready to save.

With You, Not Just Tools

You’re Never on Your Own

The tools do the heavy lifting, and a real RYSE person is here whenever you want to talk it through. Add one-on-one support to any plan, from a free 15-minute chat to full concierge guidance through your whole search.

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