Living in North Prairie, WI: what to set up and who to call
Trash goes out on Tuesdays in North Prairie. New voters sign up with the Village of North Prairie Clerk, which runs North Prairie’s elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in North Prairie, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in North Prairie.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of North Prairie. 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.
Water comes from Prairie Village Water Trust
Prairie Village Water Trust supplies North Prairie: about 54% of residents live in its service area. About 46% 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 2,100 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 2.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% 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. WI2680277.
5 home internet providers serve North Prairie
99% of 831 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/35 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 80% | 60/5 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 94% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 86% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 47% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in North Prairie is Tuesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in North Prairie, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum foil
- Tin cans
- Steel cans
- Aerosol cans
- Dried out paint cans
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Catalogs
- Books
- School/office paper
- Brown corrugated cardboard
- Gray chipboard (cereal and shoe boxes)
From northprairie.net, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026, September 1, 2010. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of North Prairie (85%) is in Mukwonago School District; parts are in Kettle Moraine School District (15%).
ASchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
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.
North Prairie is in ZIP code 53153
ZIP codes where North Prairie residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of North Prairie | ZIP’s residents in North Prairie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53153 | North Prairie, WI | 99% | 85% |
A few homes fall in 53149.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
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 North Prairie
Who supplies North Prairie’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Prairie Village Water Trust (EPA ID WI2680277). 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 2.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in North Prairie?
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 North Prairie?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in North Prairie?
53153. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is North Prairie in?
Mukwonago School District. Parts of the city are in Kettle Moraine School District.
How do I register to vote in North Prairie?
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 North Prairie 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: North Prairie’s own website (northprairie.net), read Oct 23, 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.