Transfers Expected to Increase

Open Enrollment Numbers on the Rise

The number of students open enrolling from one district to another is expected to continue to rise in the coming school years.

When open enrollment began with the 1998-99 school year, 2,464 students transferred school districts. For the 2008-09 school year, 28,028 students were counted as new or continuing transfers. That number is expected to grow this school year.

With the open enrollment deadline recently closing, media around the state has begun reporting on open enrollment numbers. The Wisconsin Rapids Tribune reported that the “transfer gap” has begun to shrink at area school districts.

The Kenosha News offered this article on a parent group in the Paris School District that helped triple the number of students open enrollming into the district.