Madison Reporter

There were 4,147 students enrolled in De Forest Area School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.6% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 81% of the De Forest Area School District total enrollment.

De Forest Area School District covers seven schools within Dane County, with its main office in DeForest.

Among the seven schools in the De Forest Area School District, De Forest High School recorded the highest enrollment of 1,099 students in the 2022-23 school year.

Nearly 830,000 students were enrolled in Wisconsin schools in the 2021-22 school year. This is a 0.85% decrease from the year before. In sharp contrast to declining public school figures, enrollment in charter schools rose 4.5% to more than 52,000.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 14 students in a Wisconsin classroom, compared to the national average of 1:16. AAA State of Play considered Wisconsin to have the 14th best teacher to student ratio in the U.S.

School	Total Enrollment
De Forest High School	1,099
Harvest Intermediate School	914
De Forest Middle School	561
Windsor Elementary School	530
Eagle Point Elementary School	376
Yahara Elementary School	354
Holum Education Center	313