About the West Bend School District

The West Bend Joint School District #1 is proud to serve nearly 5,500 students and their families. We strive to ensure that every student is given the opportunity to reach their potential through academics, the arts, and co-curricular activities within our community-based 4K program, Head Start program, five elementary schools (K-4), one intermediate school (5-6), one middle school (7-8), and two high schools (9-12).

Please contact the open enrollment coordinator with any questions and to discuss the process and application.
Tracy Banks
openenrollment@wbsd-schools.org
262-335-5438

Tuition Waivers

If a student moves out of the attendance area of the West Bend School District their family may wish for the student to continue to attend their WBSD school. This is possible under either a “tuition waiver due to a move” or public school open enrollment or both. Read more about tuition waivers on the Department of Public Instruction website. 

Please contact Tracy Banks regarding tuition waivers and open enrollment. 

262-335-5438
openenrollment@wbsd-schools.org

Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment is a State of Wisconsin program that allows families to apply for their children to attend school in a district other than the one in which they reside, known as the resident district. Any Wisconsin resident in 4K to grade 12 may apply to attend a nonresident school district under the Open Enrollment program. 

Parents must submit an application to the nonresident school district during the Open Enrollment Application period for the following school year. The Wisconsin Open Enrollment Application period for the 2025-26 school year begins February 3, 2025 and ends at 4 p.m. on April 30, 2025. By state law, school districts are prohibited from accepting early or late applications. 

More information is available on the open enrollment brochure (also available in Spanish and Hmong) and the Wisconsin DPI Resource page. 

Number of seats available for open enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year:

Apply Online
Families can apply online for open enrollment using the Wisconsin DPI website. 

These PDF files of screenshots of the pages of the parent online application have been helpful in assisting families when they are completing the online application.

If you have questions or would like an application, please contact the Open Enrollment Coordinator at openenrollment@wbsd-schools.org or 262-335-5438.

Apply with a Paper Application
Families have the option of using a paper application. Completed applications must be hand-delivered to the administrative offices of the West Bend Joint School District #1 (Education Service Center, 735 S. Main Street, West Bend, WI  53095) between February 3, 2025 and 4 p.m. April 30, 2025. 

Applications are available on the DPI Forms page. 

If families cannot print these forms, paper copies are available in the business services department at the Education Service Center, 735 S. Main Street, West Bend. You can obtain an application between 7:30 am and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday or by calling 262-335-5438.

If you have questions or would like an application, please contact Tracy Banks at 262-335-5438 or openenrollment@wbsd-schools.org. 

Part-Time Open Enrollment

Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, a pupil enrolled in a public school in the high school grades may attend public school in a nonresident school district for the purpose of taking a course offered by the nonresident school district.  A pupil may attend no more than two courses at any time in nonresident school districts. [See Wis. Stat. 118.52 and Wis. Admin. Code § PI 36, subchapter V]

The 2025-2026 alternative open enrollment application is now available on the Wisconsin DPI open enrollment website on the Alternative Application Procedures webpage at https://dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment/applications/alternative or on the forms webpage at https://dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment/resources/forms. The alternative application form is available in English, Spanish, and Hmong.

Please complete the alternative application and turn it in to the school district you are applying to attend.   

Applications to attend the West Bend School District should be emailed to openenrollment@wbsd-schools.org or submitted to West Bend School District, Attn: Open Enrollment, 735 S Main St, West Bend, WI  53095

WIAA Transfer Rules
"A student who transfers from any school into a member school after the fourth consecutive semester following entry into grade nine shall be ineligible for competition at any level for one calendar year, but may practice, unless the transfer is made necessary by a total change in residence by parent(s)."

Access the WIAA  transfer rules for more information.