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Enrollment & Registration Information
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NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR: Opens Friday, July 7, 2023
Visit New Student Online Enrollment for instructions on the registration process.
RETURNING STUDENT REGISTRATION 2023-2024: Opens July 7, 2023
Visit Returning Student Registration beginning July 7, 2023 if your student ended the 2022-2023 school year with Wilson County Schools, pre-enrolled this spring, or is a rising 9th grader from Lebanon Special School District.
Lebanon Special School District Rising 9th Graders for the 2023-2024 School Year
If you have a rising 9th grader that ended the year 2022-23 school-year at Lebanon Special School District, and will be attending Wilson County Schools for the 23-24 school-year: Your student’s school record has been added into the Wilson County School System for the 23-24 school-year. School forms will need to be submitted through Wilson County School Family Access, Returning Student Registration, beginning July 7. If you have not received your Family Access login, please contact your School Registrar.
For translation resources, visit the district's ESL Welcome Center.
For assistance with Skyward, visit the Skyward Family & Student Access Overview.
Enrollment & Registration Overview
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Wilson County Schools are free to children of school age that reside in Wilson County and do not reside in the Lebanon Special School District Zone (Pre-K – 8th Grade). A child will be a resident when;
- The child is living with a natural parent or parent by legal adoption who resides in Wilson County
- The child’s parents are dead and he is living with a person in loco parentis who resides in Wilson County.
- The child’s parents are unable to care for the child and the child is living, not solely for school purposes, with a person who resides in Wilson County and is the court-appointed guardian, or has legal custody.
- The child is living with a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis in a temporary shelter in the school division, not solely for school purposes.
- The child is living in Wilson County, not solely for school purposes, as an emancipated minor.
- A child may be considered a resident of Wilson County for the purpose of free attendance if his/her residence is bona fide and not a superficial residence established for the purpose of attending school. Application for admission will be submitted to the Attendance Director who will determine whether the child is a bona fide resident of Wilson County.
The Attendance Director will be authorized to obtain documentation to support the application. All information provided with the application will be subscribed and sworn to by the person making the application.
- If the family of a student who has been enrolled in the Wilson County School System moves out of Wilson County after the student has completed the junior year of high school and prior to the completion of the senior year, the student will be allowed to attend school for the remainder of their senior year.
- If the family of a student who is currently enrolled in the school system moves from one school attendance zone to another within the Wilson County School District, parents will need to complete a Student Transfer Application. Once approved this application will allow the student to complete the current grade for which the student is enrolled.
- If the student has attendance, discipline, or academic issues the school principal can have the student attend their properly zoned school.
Entrance Requirements
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Any child who will be five years old on or before August 15th of the current school year is eligible to enroll in the Wilson County School System. Children who are 5 after August 15th are not eligible to attend kindergarten.
The following entrance requirements must be met:
- The child is a resident of Wilson County.
- The child has a Tennessee certificate of immunizations and a physical within the last year.
- The child has a birth certificate or equivalent (ex. certificate of live birth or certificate of birth by adoption) as proof of age. The birth certificate must be from the Bureau of Vital Statistics issued by the state in which the child was born.
Required Documents
- Birth Certificate or equivalent (ex. certificate of live birth or certificate of birth by adoption) as proof of age. The birth certificate must be from the Bureau of Vital Statistics issued by the state in which the child was born.
- Social Security Card (requested)
- Tennessee Certificate of Immunization and proof of physical within the last year
- Photo I.D. of Parent/Legal Guardian
- Two Proofs of Residence. Examples:
- TN Driver’s License or Photo I.D. with current address dated within 30 days prior to enrollment.
- Mortgage/Lease Statement for current address dated within 30 days prior to enrollment.
- Utility Bill such as water, gas, electric or landline phone bill dated within 30 days prior to enrollment.
- Motor vehicle registration with the current address dated within 30 days prior to enrollment.
- Employment record (ex. most recent check stub with home address) dated within 30 days prior to enrollment.
- Voter’s Registration Card dated within 30 days prior to enrollment.
- Document from TN department of Human/Children’s Services for benefits with current address dated within 30 days prior to enrollment.
- Custody Papers (if applicable)
- For Voluntary Pre-K only: A copy of W-2 OR most recent year tax return OR EBT/WIC card
- If you are McKinney Vento or are experiencing homelessness in transition please notify your school’s Registrar or School Counselor and your student will be immediately enrolled. Wilson County Schools will then work with the family to obtain any additional documentation.
