DeForest Area School District, Wisconsin, elections

DeForest Area School District
District details
	School board members: 9
	Students: 4,153 (2023-2024)
	Schools: 7 (2023-2024)
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DeForest Area School District is a school district in Wisconsin (Columbia and Dane counties). During the 2024 school year, 4,153 students attended one of the district's seven schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest (2 seats)

Incumbent Jan Berg and incumbent Gussie Lewis defeated Michelle Hauser in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest on April 1, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jan Berg (Nonpartisan)	38.8	5,334
✔	Submit photo	Gussie Lewis (Nonpartisan)	33.3	4,590
	Submit photo	Michelle Hauser (Nonpartisan)	27.9	3,840

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,764
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor

Incumbent Stephanie Sarr won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor on April 1, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Stephanie Sarr (Nonpartisan)	100.0	6,872

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,872
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, At-large

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, At-large

Incumbent Sue Esser won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, At-large on April 2, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sue Esser (Nonpartisan)	100.0	2,884

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,884
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Leeds/Vienna

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Leeds/Vienna

Incumbent Jeff Hahn won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Leeds/Vienna on April 2, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jeff Hahn (Nonpartisan)	100.0	2,789

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,789
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest

Incumbent Brian Coker won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest on April 2, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Coker (Nonpartisan)	100.0	2,844

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,844
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Burke

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Burke

Incumbent Linda Leonhart won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Burke on April 4, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Linda Leonhart (Nonpartisan)	99.3	5,724
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	42

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 5,766
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor (2 seats)

Incumbent Megan Taylor and incumbent Gail Lovick won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor on April 4, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Megan Taylor (Nonpartisan)	51.0	4,853
✔	Submit photo	Gail Lovick (Nonpartisan)	48.3	4,595
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	73

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 9,521
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest (3 seats)

Incumbent Jan Berg, incumbent Gussie Lewis, and incumbent Brian Coker defeated Ryan Weis in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest on April 5, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jan Berg (Nonpartisan)	27.4	1,718
✔	Submit photo	Gussie Lewis (Nonpartisan)	27.0	1,688
✔		Brian Coker (Nonpartisan)	26.8	1,681
	Submit photo	Ryan Weis (Nonpartisan)	18.4	1,152
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	24

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 6,263
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor (2 seats)

Incumbent Stephanie Sarr and Megan Taylor defeated incumbent Keri Brunelle in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor on April 5, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Stephanie Sarr (Nonpartisan)	34.3	1,461
✔	Submit photo	Megan Taylor (Nonpartisan)	33.1	1,413
	Submit photo	Keri Brunelle (Nonpartisan)	32.2	1,373
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	16

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 4,263
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, At-large

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, At-large

Incumbent Sue Esser defeated Megan Taylor in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, At-large on April 6, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sue Esser (Nonpartisan)	55.7	1,993
	Submit photo	Megan Taylor (Nonpartisan)	44.2	1,582
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	3

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,578
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Leeds/Vienna

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Leeds/Vienna

Jeff Hahn defeated incumbent Spencer Statz in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Leeds/Vienna on April 6, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jeff Hahn (Nonpartisan)	53.4	1,830
	Submit photo	Spencer Statz (Nonpartisan)	46.4	1,590
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	4

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 3,424
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest

Incumbent Jeff Miller won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest on April 6, 2021.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jeff Miller (Nonpartisan)	98.7	2,766
	Other/Write-in votes	1.3	37

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 2,803
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Burke

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Burke

Incumbent Linda Leonhart won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Burke on April 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Linda Leonhart (Nonpartisan)	99.4	4,692
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	29

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 4,721
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor (2 seats)

Incumbent Gail Lovick and incumbent Steve Tenpas won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor on April 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Gail Lovick (Nonpartisan)	53.6	4,535
✔		Steve Tenpas (Nonpartisan)	45.5	3,853
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	73

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 8,461
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest (2 seats)

Incumbent Jan Berg and incumbent Brian Coker won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest on April 2, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jan Berg (Nonpartisan)	52.2	3,729
✔	Brian Coker (Nonpartisan)	47.0	3,358
	Other/Write-in votes	0.7	51

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 7,138
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor (2 seats)

Incumbent Keri Brunelle and incumbent Steve Tenpas won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor on April 2, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Keri Brunelle (Nonpartisan)	50.9	3,450
✔		Steve Tenpas (Nonpartisan)	48.6	3,300
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	34

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 6,784
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, At-large

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, At-large

Incumbent Sue Esser won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, At-large on April 3, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sue Esser (Nonpartisan)	98.9	2,577
	Other/Write-in votes	1.1	28

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 2,605
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Leeds/Vienna

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Leeds/Vienna

Spencer Statz won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Town of Leeds/Vienna on April 3, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Spencer Statz (Nonpartisan)	99.2	2,459
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	19

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 2,478
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DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest

General election

General election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest

Incumbent Jeff Miller won election in the general election for DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest on April 3, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jeff Miller (Nonpartisan)	98.8	2,624
	Other/Write-in votes	1.2	31

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 2,655
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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Wisconsin are held on the first Tuesday in April. The one first class city school district in the state, Milwaukee Public Schools, holds school board elections in odd-numbered years. All other school districts hold school board elections every year.

School board nonpartisan primary elections in Wisconsin are held on the third Tuesday in February. The one first class city school district in the state, Milwaukee Public Schools, holds school board elections every two years in odd-numbered years. All other school districts hold school board elections every year. School board primary elections are only held if there are more than two candidates running for any specific single-seat race or if the number of candidates running for multi-seat races is more than twice the number of seats up for election. Otherwise, the primary is canceled and candidates automatically advance to the general election ballot.

See law: Wisconsin Statute Section 5.02(21) and Wisconsin Statute Section 5.02(22)

Recent or upcoming election dates for all school districts in the state except first class school districts (Milwaukee Public Schools)

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all school districts in the state except first class school districts (Milwaukee Public Schools). There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

Filing deadline date: January 6, 2026
Primary election date: February 17, 2026
General election date: April 7, 2026

Recent or upcoming election dates for first class city school districts, which are districts serving cities with a population of more than 150,000 (Milwaukee Public Schools is the only first class city school district)

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for first class city school districts, which are districts serving cities with a population of more than 150,000 (Milwaukee Public Schools is the only first class city school district). There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

Filing deadline date: January 5, 2027
Primary election date: February 16, 2027
General election date: April 6, 2027

Election system

School board members in Wisconsin are elected through a system of a nonpartisan primary election and a nonpartisan general election. The primary election is only held if a large enough number of candidates run for office.

See law: Wisconsin Statute 8.10(2).a and Wisconsin Statute 120.41(1)

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Wisconsin are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Wisconsin Statute requires school board candidates to file nomination papers before the state's spring primary and for regular school board general elections to occur at the state's April spring election, which features nonpartisan races. Statute defines "spring primary" as "the nonpartisan primary held on the 3rd Tuesday in February to nominate nonpartisan candidates to be voted for at the spring election."

See law: Wisconsin Statute 8.10(2).a and Wisconsin Statute 120.41(1)

Winning an election

The school board candidate or candidates with the most votes are elected to office in the general election. State law requires a place on the school board general election ballot for write-in candidates.

School board primary elections are only held if (a) for single-seat races, there are more than two candidates for any one seat up for election; or (b) for multi-seat races, if the number of candidates is more than twice the number of seats up for election. If a primary is held, the top two vote getters per seat advance to the general election.

See law: Wisconsin Statute Section 8.10 and Wisconsin Statute Section 120
and Wisconsin Statute Section 8.10 and Wisconsin Statute Section 120

Term length and staggering

School board members for all school districts except first class city school districts are elected to staggered three-year terms.

First class city school district board members are elected to staggered four-year terms. As of 2022, the Milwaukee Public Schools district was the only first class city school district in the state.

See law: Wisconsin Statute 8.10.2
and Wisconsin Statute 119.08(1)(a) and Wisconsin Statute 119.06(3)(a)

School districts other than first class city districts elect as close to equal numbers of board members as possible every year to three-year terms, which means roughly one-third of board members are up for regular election every year.

As close to half of first class city school district board members as possible are elected every two years. As of 2022, the Milwaukee Public Schools district was the only first class city school district in the state and had nine board members, with five elected in the year after each midterm election and four elected in the year after each presidential election.

See law: Wisconsin Statute 120
and Wisconsin Statute 119.08(1)(a) and Wisconsin Statute 119.06(3)(a)

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members are elected at large by voters from the whole district for all school districts except first class city school districts. By default, board members are elected through multi-seat races. District voters can opt to establish numbered seats with members elected at large in single-seat races, for which candidates must file for specific seat numbers. District voters can also opt to create apportioned areas (sub-districts) and require board members to be elected to represent each sub-district. Under that system, school board candidates must reside within the sub-district for which they are running but are elected at large by all voters in the whole district. Voters in a school district can submit a petition with either 100 or 500 voter signatures, depending on whether the district contains part of a city, to propose electing school board members according to numbered seats or from apportioned residence areas. Upon such a petition the proposal is put before voters at either an annual meeting or election. Once adopted by a majority of voters, the structure can only be changed or reversed by the same petition and voter approval process.

School board members for first class city school districts are elected through a combination of one member elected at-large and eight members elected by voters from sub-districts determined by the school board. State law requires the sub-districts to be substantially equal in population and "reflect a balanced representation of citizens in all areas within the city." As of 2022, the Milwaukee Public Schools district was the only first class city school district in the state.

See law: Wisconsin Statute 120.06
and Wisconsin Statute 119.08(1)(a) and Wisconsin Statute 119.06(3)(a)

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates must file by 5:00 pm on the first Tuesday in January before elections, which are held every year.

First class city school district board candidates must file by 5:00 pm on the first Tuesday in January before elections, which are held in each odd-numbered year.

See law: Wisconsin Statute 8.10.2

School board candidates cannot circulate nominating petitions until after December 1 of the year before elections, which are held every year.

First class city school district board candidates cannot circulate nominating petitions until after December 1 of the year before elections, which are held in each odd-numbered year.

See law: Wisconsin Statute 8.10.2

New school board members officially take office on the fourth Monday in April.

See law: Wisconsin Statute 8.10.2

About the district

School board

The DeForest Area School District consists of nine members serving three-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Gussie Lewis	Village of DeForest	2021	2028
Stephanie Sarr	Village of Windsor	2021	2028
Jan Berg	Village of DeForest	1997	2028
Brian Coker	Village of DeForest		2027
Jeff Hahn	Town of Leeds/Vienna	2021	2027
Sue Esser	At-large	2015	2027
Linda Leonhart	Town of Burke		2026
Gail Lovick	Village of Windsor		2026
Megan Taylor	Village of Windsor	2022	2026

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District map

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Overlapping state house districts

DeForest Area School District
Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Wisconsin State Assembly District 42	Maureen McCarville	Democratic Party	98%	18%
Wisconsin State Assembly District 48	Andrew Hysell	Democratic Party	2%	1%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[1]

Revenue
Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022
SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$5,343,000	$1,323	8%
Local:	$37,640,000	$9,319	55%
State:	$26,121,000	$6,467	38%
Total:	$69,104,000	$17,109

Expenditures, 2021-2022
TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$102,289,000	$25,325
Total Current Expenditures:	$55,031,000	$13,624
Instructional Expenditures:	$30,085,000	$7,448	29%
Student and Staff Support:	$8,077,000	$1,999	8%
Administration:	$6,172,000	$1,528	6%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$10,697,000	$2,648	10%
Total Capital Outlay:	$40,518,000	$10,031
Construction:	$36,852,000	$9,124
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$194,000	$48
Interest on Debt:	$4,571,000	$1,131

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."^[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	39	30-39	<=10	20-24	PS	35-39	42
2018-2019	42	20-24	<=10	30-34	PS	30-34	46
2017-2018	49	30-34	15-19	45-49	PS	35-39	52
2016-2017	44	30-34	15-19	30-34	PS	30-34	48
2015-2016	53	35-39	15-19	30-34	PS	40-49	57
2014-2015	51	25-29	25-29	30-34	PS	35-39	55
2013-2014	60	45-49	40-44	30-34	>=50		63
2012-2013	61	40-44	30-34	35-39	>=50		66
2011-2012	64	45-49	35-39	45-49	>=50		67
2010-2011	87	80-84	70-74	70-74	>=50		89

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	39	20-29	11-19	20-24	PS	30-34	42
2018-2019	46	20-24	<=10	35-39	PS	30-34	50
2017-2018	49	30-34	25-29	45-49	PS	35-39	51
2016-2017	49	30-34	20-24	35-39	PS	40-44	52
2015-2016	50	30-34	20-24	40-44	PS	50-59	53
2014-2015	59	35-39	25-29	45-49	PS	45-49	63
2013-2014	42	25-29	25-29	20-24	<50		45
2012-2013	43	20-24	20-24	25-29	>=50		46
2011-2012	42	25-29	20-24	25-29	<50		45
2010-2011	90	75-79	70-74	80-84	>=50		91

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	93	>=50	>=50	>=80		>=50	>=95
2018-2019	92	>=50	>=50	>=50	PS	>=50	90-94
2017-2018	94	>=50	>=50	>=80		>=50	>=95
2016-2017	96	>=50	>=50	>=80	PS	>=50	>=95
2015-2016	96	>=50	>=50	>=80	PS	>=50	>=95
2014-2015	94	>=50	>=50	>=50	PS	>=50	90-94
2013-2014	94	>=50	>=80	>=50	PS		>=95
2012-2013	95	>=50	>=50	>=50	PS		>=95
2011-2012	94	>=50	>=50	>=50	PS		>=95
2010-2011	96	>=50	>=50	>=50	PS		>=95

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[3]

Enrollment
Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	4,153	0.1
2022-2023	4,147	2.6
2021-2022	4,039	4.2
2020-2021	3,870	-2.1
2019-2020	3,951	3.1
2018-2019	3,828	1.7
2017-2018	3,762	3.0
2016-2017	3,648	0.4
2015-2016	3,634	0.4
2014-2015	3,619	2.7
2013-2014	3,522	1.1
2012-2013	3,484	0.5
2011-2012	3,465	6.2
2010-2011	3,249	0.0
2009-2010	3,249	-0.6
2008-2009	3,267	0.4
2007-2008	3,255	-0.2
2006-2007	3,262	1.3
2005-2006	3,221	-0.1
2004-2005	3,225	2.3
2003-2004	3,151	1.3
2002-2003	3,111	1.0
2001-2002	3,081	0.3
2000-2001	3,073	-0.7
1999-2000	3,095	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024
RACE	DeForest Area School District (%)	Wisconsin K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.1	1.0
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	3.2	4.3
Black	3.0	8.8
Hispanic	7.1	14.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.0	0.1
Two or More Races	6.4	5.4
White	80.2	66.5

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[4]

As of the 2023-2024 school year, DeForest Area School District had 305.52 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 13.59.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	14.50
Kindergarten:	16.00
Elementary:	135.05
Secondary:	139.97
Total:	305.52

DeForest Area School District employed 4.00 district administrators and 13.52 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	4.00
District Administrative Support:	3.73
School Administrators:	13.52
School Administrative Support:	15.16

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	60.09
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	7.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	5.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.12
Library/Media Support:	4.02
Student Support Services:	49.21
Other Support Services:	125.09

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.^[5]

The DeForest Area School District operates seven schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools
SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
De Forest High	1,118	9-12
De Forest Middle	568	7-8
Eagle Point Elementary	363	PK-3
Early Learning Program	295	PK-PK
Harvest Intermediate School	950	4-6
Windsor Elementary	512	KG-3
Yahara Elementary	347	KG-3

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Footnotes

[1] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025

[2] U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021

[3] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025

[4] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025

[5] National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025

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