Quick Facts
Quick Facts
  • Focuses on high standards of excellence and achievement by matching the most effective curricula 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.
  • Our Middle /High School houses music and practice rooms, science laboratory, library, art room, locker rooms, performance space and gymnasium.
  • Enrollment (2009/2010): 246
  • Faculty and Staff: 47
  • Families: 170
  • 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.