Summary:
ZIP code 53532 is home to five schools — two elementary schools serving grades K–3, two middle schools covering grades 4–6 and 7–8, and one high school serving grades 9–12 — all part of the De Forest Area School District and together enrolling about 3,423 students in the De Forest area.
De Forest Middle is the academic standout, ranking 127th of 643 schools (80th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026, up from the 73rd percentile a year earlier, and improving on all six listed tests — including 8th grade Social Studies at 80.07 and Science at 70.79. Harvest Intermediate School pairs strong math (5th grade 67.46, 6th grade 68.22, both well above state) with the lowest per-student spending in the group at $14,832 and 6.8% chronic absenteeism, below the district's 9.3%. Yahara Elementary has exceptional attendance at 2.7% chronic absenteeism, the lowest poverty rate (15.5%) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (12.2), with math proficiency of 62.07% above the state's 54.75%. Eagle Point Elementary carries the highest need and spending markers — 24.94% free/reduced lunch and $19,278 per student — and its ELA and math beat the state but trail district K–3 figures, as does Yahara's.
De Forest High posts excellent completion outcomes: a 96.8% graduation rate versus the state's 92.0% and a 0.1% dropout rate versus 1.1%. However, its rank percentile has slipped from 77 to 71 to 64 over three years, and all four current test subjects declined from the prior year, with ELA at 47.40 the one subject just below the state's 48.47. Across the ZIP, nearly every listed subject exceeds state proficiency, though attendance and spending do not map simply to results — Harvest spends least yet performs well, while Eagle Point spends most with more modest relative proficiency.
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