Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK CREEK-FRANKLIN JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551083001406
Carollton Elementary
8965 S Carollton Dr, Oak Creek, WI 53154 · (414) 768-6290 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
120 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
75.5%
WI avg 54.8% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.1% | 67.5% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Carollton Elementary
Carollton Elementary's state test result (71.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carollton Elementary this school | 376 | 31.9% | 71.2% |
| Prairie Elementary Waukesha | 348 | 28.7% | 70.4% |
| Stoner Prairie Elementary Fitchburg | 407 | 29.2% | 65.0% |
| Edgerton Elementary Hales Corners | 378 | 25.9% | 73.4% |
| Summit View Elementary Waukesha | 449 | 29.4% | 69.6% |
| Highland View Elementary Greendale | 336 | 26.5% | 67.9% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Carollton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #166 of 982 | #12 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #116 of 992 ▲ 159 | #9 of 174 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #111 of 992 ▲ 84 | #13 of 174 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #404 of 1,157 | #72 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #629 of 901 | #54 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #341 of 901 | #81 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.9% | #711 of 1,064 | #144 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #426 of 664 | #90 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
376
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 376 | 26.2 | 14.3:1 | 32% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 24.4 | 15.8:1 | 34% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 24.9 | 15.1:1 | 30% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 26% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 26.7 | 15.8:1 | 18% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 28% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 22 | 19.2:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 410 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 9% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 21 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carollton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (422 to 376); teachers down 2% (26.7 to 26.2).
About Carollton Elementary
Carollton Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 376 students.
Carollton Elementary is one of the 11 schools that make up Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District (6,554 students in total).
The share of White students at Carollton Elementary is 70%, a majority. It is also 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Milwaukee County is roughly 51% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
Based on 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Carollton Elementary has a ratio of 14.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Income data for the school show 32% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 32 points below the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
Carollton Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Test results at Carollton Elementary are 13.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (71.2% actual, 58.1% predicted).
The school's county is Milwaukee County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Milwaukee County number 284, with about 122,496 students.
Measured in a straight line, Blakewood Elementary is about 1.2 miles from Carollton Elementary. The five-mile area around Carollton Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Carollton Elementary comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Carollton Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 375 to 376, a small change.
This page is set up for the Carollton Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District
- Oak Creek HighHigh · 2,220 students
- Oak Creek East MiddleMiddle · 935 students
- Oak Creek West MiddleMiddle · 531 students
- Forest Ridge ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Shepard Hills ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Edgewood ElementaryElementary · 389 students
Other schools in Oak Creek
- Oak Creek HighHigh · 2,220 students
- Oak Creek East MiddleMiddle · 935 students
- Oak Creek West MiddleMiddle · 531 students
- Forest Ridge ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Shepard Hills ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Edgewood ElementaryElementary · 389 students
Nearby schools
- Blakewood Elementary1.2 mi · 314
- Lakeview Elementary1.7 mi · 274
- Oak Creek East Middle1.8 mi · 935
- Edgewood Elementary1.9 mi · 389
- Deerfield Elementary1.9 mi · 368
- Oak Creek High2.1 mi · 2,220
Frequently asked questions
About Carollton ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Carollton Elementary?
Carollton Elementary enrolls approximately 376 students in grades PK-05.
Is Carollton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carollton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Carollton Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Carollton Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carollton Elementary?
At Carollton Elementary, the student body is approximately 70% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Carollton Elementary?
Carollton Elementary is overseen by Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.