Madison Reporter

There were 4,153 students enrolled in De Forest Area School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51.4% of them were boys, and 48.6% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 80.2% 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 1,118 students in the 2023-24 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	1,118
Harvest Intermediate School	950
De Forest Middle School	568
Windsor Elementary School	512
Eagle Point Elementary School	363
Yahara Elementary School	347
Holum Education Center	295