(KL)Alma Meraz, front left, and her daughter Christian Rojas, 10, are praying for the winning of the lottery of West Denver Prep, a small network of high-performing charter middle schools in Denver on Tuesday. For the fifth consecutive year, West Denver P [Getty Images]

(KL)Alma Meraz, front left, and her daughter Christian Rojas, 10, are praying for the winning of the lottery of West Denver Prep, a small network of high-performing charter middle schools in Denver on Tuesday. For the fifth consecutive year, West Denver Prep, a small network of high-performing charter middle schools in Denver, has received more student applications than available spaces in its existing schools. School administrators are holding two enrollment lotteries to randomly select students for the college-preparatory program. Theresa Pe-a, At-Large member of the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education, draw names for the Federal Campus. Approximately 220 families have applied for approximately 120 spaces. Hyoung Chang/ The Denver Post (Photo By Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images)