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MADISON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

OUTSIDE YOUR EXPECTATIONS

The Independent School for
Independent Minds

Located on a 40-acre campus encompassing diverse ecosystems, MCDS provides an education that is outside: Outside your expectations. Outside what you thought possible. Outside in the way that Madison is outside: inspired by the natural world, eager to collaborate, driven to innovate, powered by the serious pleasure of the learning process.

 

Wisconsin's only independent Pre-K-12

IB World School


What is IB? 

7:1

STUDENT TO
FACULTY RATIO

497

Total Students

62%

Faculty members with postgraduate degrees

29.6

AVERAGE ACT SCORE
(Past 5 years)

30+

Student
organizations

32%

Students of Color


 
95%

of graduates receive
college merit awards

300+

BEST MATCH COLLEGE
ACCEPTANCES

We prepare students intellectually, emotionally, and ethically for the world.

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Meet Lily

Meet Lily

Meet Lily

Colin Young

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Meet Colin

I really like MCDS because of all the leadership opportunities. The community is really welcoming.

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Meet Hunter

I really like MCDS because of all the leadership opportunities. The community is really welcoming.

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