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Madison Country Day School

5606 River Road, Waunakee, WI, 53597-0535 -

School Notes Overview:

In 1997, a small group of independent-minded students, families and community members launched a school like none other in Madison—a school founded on the premise that imagination and learning go forward hand-in-hand when linked with high standards and the best of a world-renowned curriculum. At Madison Country Day School, it is our guiding mission and promise to provide an intellectually stimulating, personally enriching and academically challenging program in the liberal arts and sciences to an able and diverse student body; measure the curriculum and student achievement against the finest programs in the world; and contribute to the larger community by developing effective educational programs to serve as models for other public and private schools. MCDS sets for its students the highest standards of academic achievement, intellectual growth, ethical awareness and behavior, athletic endeavor and sportsmanship, extracurricular involvement and service to others. ...

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School Overview:

	Madison Country Day School
School Membership(s)	The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Prekindergarten - 12
County	Dane County, WI
Student Body
Total Students	271 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(WI) School Avg.
% Students of Color	14%	19%
Students by Grade
	Pre-K - 26 students
	Kind - 32 students
	Grade 1 - 32 students
	Grade 2 - 37 students
	Grade 3 - 31 students
	Grade 4 - 23 students
	Grade 5 - 22 students
	Grade 6 - 12 students
	Grade 7 - 19 students
	Grade 8 - 11 students
	Grade 9 - 8 students
	Grade 10 - 11 students
	Grade 11 - 6 students
	Grade 12 - 1 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	29 teachers
	This School	(WI) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:9	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	175 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	8 hours	6 hours
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling

School Notes:

In 1997, a small group of independent-minded students, families and community members launched a school like none other in Madison—a school founded on the premise that imagination and learning go forward hand-in-hand when linked with high standards and the best of a world-renowned curriculum. At Madison Country Day School, it is our guiding mission and promise to provide an intellectually stimulating, personally enriching and academically challenging program in the liberal arts and sciences to an able and diverse student body; measure the curriculum and student achievement against the finest programs in the world; and contribute to the larger community by developing effective educational programs to serve as models for other public and private schools. MCDS sets for its students the highest standards of academic achievement, intellectual growth, ethical awareness and behavior, athletic endeavor and sportsmanship, extracurricular involvement and service to others.
Profile last updated: 10/05/2007

In the News:

47 state students are National Merit Scholarship winners (Wisconsin State Journal)
posted on July 14, 2009 at 05:12:19 pm
State Journal staff Forty-seven Wisconsin students are among 2,000 nationwide to win a 2009 National Merit Scholarship financed by a college or university, it was announced Monday.
CLASS OF 2009: Madison Country Day School (Wisconsin State Journal)
posted on May 30, 2009 at 08:50:01 pm
The State Journal is checking in with Dane County high school graduates as the Class of 2009 heads into the real world. Details on Sunday’s graduation ceremony:
Special Mother's Day Surprises Delivered In Waunakee (WISC-TV Madison)
posted on May 11, 2009 at 02:00:12 am
WAUNAKEE, Wis. -- Local moms got a special gift delivered right to their front door this Mother's Day. The Waunakee Neighborhood Connection delivered 170 special pampering packages to area mothers in need.
Waunakee nonprofit group arranges Mother's Day gift boxes (Wisconsin State Journal)
posted on May 8, 2009 at 09:47:44 pm
Chocolates, a rose, some perfume. Those are among the items included in a gift box that will be delivered Saturday to about 170 moms in the Waunakee area.
Political tides turn in Maple Bluff, once a Republican stronghold (The Capital Times)
posted on May 6, 2009 at 10:33:40 am
After going for Democrats in the last two presidential elections -- and with liberal Kathleen Falk grabbing nearly 60 percent of the vote over Nancy Mistele in the recent Dane County executive race -- the old political stereotypes about Maple Bluff as a Republican stronghold no longer hold.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (53597)	School Zip (53597)	(WI) State Average
Population (Approximate)	13,162 people	5,362,884 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	42%	24%
Population Average Age	36 years old	35 years old
Average Household size	2.7 persons	2.4 persons
Median Household Income	$59,742	$43,153
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	6.2 rooms	5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	26 years old	48 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	74% / 26%	63% / 37%