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The Bayside handbook

Living in Bayside, WI: what to set up and who to call

Voting is local here: the Village of Bayside Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Two school districts split the grades in Bayside: Nicolet Union High School District and Fox Point Joint No. 2 School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Bayside, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Bayside.

Electricity

Power comes from We Energies

We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bayside. Its homes paid an average of 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across Wisconsin).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Ravine Farms Hm Owners Assoc

Ravine Farms Hm Owners Assoc supplies Bayside: about 1% of residents live in its service area. About 99% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 100 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2022, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 53% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. WI2460124.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Bayside

99% of 1,580 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 35% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/35
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber97%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless97%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless74%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Bayside

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Bayside, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbcms2.revize.com
Drop-off

Bayside Drop-off

9075 N. Regent Rd., Bayside, WI 53217

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Mon8 am–4 pm
  • Tue8 am–4 pm
  • Wed8 am–4 pm
  • Thu8 am–4 pm
  • Fri8 am–noon
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Cans - aluminum and steel cans (emptied and rinsed)
  • Cartons - food and beverage cartons (emptied and rinsed)
  • Glass - bottles and jars (emptied and rinsed; no metal lids)
Recycling drop-off

Village Hall Recycling Center

9075 N. Regent Rd, Bayside, WI 53217

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsSpecial/bulk pickups on first and third Thursdays of each month; $82.40 fee paid in advance; request online via Access Bayside or call Village Hall at 414-206-3915 at least 24 hours ahead; items curbside by 7 a.m.

From cms2.revize.com, baysidewi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated November 20, 2025. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Bayside kids go to
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
5–8Bayside MiddleFox Point Joint No. 2 School District
9–12Nicolet Highin Glendale

Bayside is in two districts that split the grades: Nicolet Union High School District and Fox Point Joint No. 2 School District.

A+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Bayside is in ZIP code 53217

ZIP codes where Bayside residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of BaysideZIP’s residents in Bayside
53217Milwaukee, WI100%15%
Area code414Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Bayside

Who supplies Bayside’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Ravine Farms Hm Owners Assoc (EPA ID WI2460124). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Bayside?

We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Bayside?

Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Bayside?

53217. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Bayside in?

Nicolet Union High School District and Fox Point Joint No. 2 School District. Parts of the city are in Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District.

How do I register to vote in Bayside?

In Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before). Elections here are run by the Village of Bayside Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Bayside’s own website (cms2.revize.com, baysidewi.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.