Carollton Elementary

Carollton Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District. Current enrollment sits at 376 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,554 students. Carollton Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carollton Elementary lists that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 51% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Carollton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Milwaukee County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Carollton Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

The closest other public school is Blakewood Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carollton Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.9%.

Carollton Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carollton Elementary has ticked down 11%, going from 422 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 78% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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