Quick Facts

- Focuses on high standards of excellence and achievement by matching the most effective curicula from the United States and around the world with exceptional teachers.
- Located on a 75-acre wooded campus overlooking Lake Cherokee and the Yahara River just northeast of Madison, Wisconsin.
- MCDS serves grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade.
- Campus includes Lake Cherokee shoreline and lagoon, playing fields, a competition track and hiking trails as well as many opportunities for sports and recreation.
- The original building houses a music room (which includes soundproof practice rooms), science laboratory, library, art room, and indoor pool.
- Enrollment (2011/2012): 280
- Faculty and Staff: 48
- Families: 200
- Memberships: The Wisconsin Association of Independent Schools (WAIS), Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS), The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
- Demographics: Student population is drawn from 17 separate public school districts in five counties.