Open Enrollment is the process by which parents/guardians residing in an Iowa district may enroll their children into another Iowa school district under the terms and conditions of Iowa Code section 282.18 and 281–Iowa Administrative Code 17.

Iowa Department of Education Open Enrollment Information

To apply for open enrollment into Waukee Community School District, please complete the application located on the Department of Education website and attach the Online Directions and Registration Cover Sheet.

If you are applying to attend another district, please complete the open enrollment application and file with the receiving district. 

*All new current Open Enrollment into the Northwest High School Feeder is closed as of November 21, 2022. All Open Enrollment will attend Waukee High School Feeder until further notice due to capacity. Elementary buildings will be assigned based on availability.

Open Enrollment Placement Map

House File (HF) 2589 eliminates the previous March 1 deadline for open enrollment. This change allows parents/guardians to apply for open enrollment at any time without the need for good cause. The receiving district may deny an open enrollment request if one of the following applies:

  • The application violates the district’s insufficient classroom space policy,
  • The district does not have the appropriate special education program,
  • The application would adversely affect the district’s implementation of a court-ordered desegregation plan, or
  • The student has been expelled or suspended.

If a parent/guardian moves and wishes for their student to continue at the original resident district under open enrollment (often known as the “continuation rule”), requests cannot be denied due to insufficient classroom space policies.