Summary:
ZIP code 53532 in DeForest, Wisconsin is served by two elementary schools, Eagle Point Elementary and Yahara Elementary, both part of the De Forest Area School District. Both schools serve grades K–3, so the Forward Exam results shown here reflect third grade only. Together they enroll 718 students — 389 at Eagle Point and 329 at Yahara.
The two schools stand out in different ways. Eagle Point is the larger school and leads in English language arts in both reported years, though its edge narrowed from about 9 points in 2024–25 to roughly 1 point in 2025–26. Yahara leads in math in both years by a consistent margin of about 2.5 points, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 2.7% is the most striking figure in the data — well below Eagle Point's 7.4%, the district's 9.3%, and the state's 17.3%. Yahara also has a lower free/reduced lunch rate (15.5% vs 24.94%) and lower per-student spending ($17,830 vs $19,278).
Both schools scored above the state average in all four ELA and math comparisons across the two years, but mostly fell below the district average, suggesting other district schools are pulling those district numbers up. Yahara's ranking profile was stronger in 2017–18 and 2018–19 (3 stars, 67th percentile, versus Eagle Point's 2 stars at 44th–46th percentile), but by 2020–21 the gap had nearly closed, with Yahara at the 50th percentile and Eagle Point at the 47th. Year over year, Eagle Point's ELA fell 8.21 points while Yahara's was nearly flat, and both schools gained about 3 points in math. Keep in mind that these are third-grade results only, that year-over-year changes reflect different cohorts rather than the same students, and that the most recent rankings date to 2020–21.
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