Yahara Elementary

Located at 234 N Lexington Pkwy, in DeForest, Wisconsin, Yahara Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus that works with 329 students (grades K through 3), one of the schools within De Forest Area School District.

De Forest Area School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,246 students. Yahara Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Yahara Elementary shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Yahara Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 16% of students at Yahara Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Dane County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, Yahara Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.3%.

Around the school, census data for Dane County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Yahara Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: De Forest Middle, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Yahara Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Yahara Elementary's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 361 (now 329). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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