Oak Creek High

Set in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Oak Creek High is a sprawling secondary school, part of Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District. It caters to 2,220 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 367% larger than typical.

Across the 11 schools in Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District (6,554 students total), Oak Creek High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Oak Creek High shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Oak Creek High lists 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Oak Creek High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Oak Creek High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 58.2%; actual is 42.0%, a gap of -16.2 points.

In the broader community, Milwaukee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,435 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oak Creek High is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Edgewood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Oak Creek High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.8%.

Oak Creek High operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 2,089 students in 2018 compared to 2,220 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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