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De Forest Area School District

At a glance

This district is not ranked due to insufficient test score data.

Elementary 3 Middle 2 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

500 S Cleveland Ave
DeForest, WI 53532·(608) 842-6500·All Wisconsin district rankings →

Statewide performance 2013–2021

2021: better than 49.8% of districts

Schools

4,246

Students

Top rankedDe Forest Middle172^nd of 628 Wisconsin middle schools

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Biggest riser

De Forest Middle up 22 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Yahara Elementary 12.2 students per teacher

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)			Forward Exam Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT English Language Arts 10th Grade	ACT Mathematics 10th Grade	ACT Science 10th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 10th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Yahara Elementary	Public	K-3	234 N Lexington Pkwy	DeForest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 842-6400	329	27	12.2	15.5%	269 (81.8%)	5 (1.5%)	28 (8.5%)	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.2%)								(n/a)				52.9						58.8											$17,830	$337	$17,492
Eagle Point Elementary	Public	K-3	206 N Johnson St	DeForest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 842-6200	389	31	12.3	24.9%	281 (72.2%)	18 (4.6%)	30 (7.7%)	20 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (10.3%)								(n/a)				62.1						56.3											$19,278	$544	$18,734
De Forest High	Public	9-12	815 Jefferson St	DeForest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 842-6600	1,137	80	14.1	16.2%	912 (80.2%)	41 (3.6%)	81 (7.1%)	33 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (6.2%)	66.7	123^rd of 431 public high schools	71.5%		70.4	98^th of 431 public high schools	77.3%	25	52.9	49.8	50.6															60.3			$15,231	$310	$14,922
De Forest Middle	Public	7-8	404 Yorktown Rd	De Forest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 842-6000	602	48	12.4	19.8%	482 (80.1%)	14 (2.3%)	49 (8.1%)	23 (3.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.3%)	70.7	172^nd of 628 public middle schools	72.6%		67.9	194^th of 641 public middle schools	69.7%	22								62.9	58.9					61.2	68.2		72.8			60.6	$15,922	$329	$15,593
Windsor Elementary	Public	K-3	4352 Windsor Rd	Windsor	53598	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 842-6300	526	38	14.0	14.1%	418 (79.5%)	14 (2.7%)	29 (5.5%)	19 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (8.6%)								(n/a)				67.6						71.2											$15,133	$349	$14,784
Early Learning Program	Public	PK	500 S Cleveland Ave	DeForest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 842-6500	297	10	31.2		238 (80.1%)	3 (1.0%)	26 (8.8%)	9 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.7%)								(n/a)																					$7,124	$261	$6,863
Harvest Intermediate School	Public	4-6	6781 North Towne Rd	DeForest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 842-6100	966	72	13.3	17.4%	774 (80.1%)	25 (2.6%)	75 (7.8%)	33 (3.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (5.9%)								(n/a)					54.0	62.3	66.6				64.0	67.5	71.7			67.1			57.2		$14,832	$348	$14,484

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sun Prairie Area School District	5.72 mi	16	266^th
Waunakee Community School District	5.92 mi	7	34^th
Madison Metropolitan School District	7.16 mi	54	317^th
Wisconsin Department of Health Services	7.85 mi	5
Isthmus Montessori Academy Inc	9.02 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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