Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK CREEK-FRANKLIN JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551083001407
Cedar Hills Elementary
2225 W Sycamore Ave, Oak Creek, WI 53154 · (414) 761-3020 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
12.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
119 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
67%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
57.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
57.6%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Cedar Hills Elementary
Cedar Hills Elementary's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Hills Elementary this school | 295 | 40.3% | 54.4% |
| Early Learning Academy Oak Creek | 266 | 36.1% | N/A |
| Lincoln-Erdman Elementary Sheboygan | 394 | 45.9% | 66.5% |
| McKinley Elementary Appleton | 380 | 49.5% | 43.9% |
| Meadow View Elementary Sun Prairie | 401 | 33.4% | 56.6% |
| Martin Elementary Green Bay | 363 | 45.2% | 43.7% |
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 Cedar Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #538 of 982 | #41 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #439 of 992 ▲ 122 | #33 of 174 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #398 of 992 ▲ 104 | #39 of 174 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #634 of 1,157 | #112 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #331 of 901 | #21 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #132 of 901 | #38 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #567 of 1,064 | #136 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #518 of 664 | #104 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
295
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 295 | 23.7 | 12.4:1 | 40% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 22.2 | 13.8:1 | 41% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 22.7 | 13.6:1 | 40% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 36% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 23.4 | 13.6:1 | 31% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 43% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 33% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 9% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 17 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (318 to 295); teachers up 1% (23.4 to 23.7).
About Cedar Hills Elementary
Cedar Hills Elementary, located in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 295 students, in pre-K through 5.
Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District operates 11 schools. Combined enrollment is 6,554 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Cedar Hills Elementary. The largest is White students, at 48%. Other students are 23% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Milwaukee County is about 51% White. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin have 14.7:1, compared with 12.4:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Cedar Hills Elementary is 40%. That is lower than the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County.
The allk12 Grade for Cedar Hills Elementary is C+. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Cedar Hills Elementary are 1.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (54.4% actual, 52.9% predicted).
Census estimates describe Milwaukee County this way: the median household income is $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. In all, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools and roughly 122,496 students.
The closest public school to Cedar Hills Elementary is Victory Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Cedar Hills Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Cedar Hills Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Cedar Hills Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 17 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 12.4 students per teacher, compared with 14.2 in 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Cedar Hills Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cedar Hills Elementary. Cedar Hills Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Cedar Hills ElementaryOverland Park, KS · 587 students
- CEDAR HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Victory Elementary0.9 mi · 419
- IDEAL1.2 mi · 210
- Garland Elementary1.3 mi · 541
- Forest Ridge Elementary1.4 mi · 435
- Early Learning Academy1.5 mi · 266
- Cooper Elementary1.9 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Hills ElementaryHow many students attend Cedar Hills Elementary?
Cedar Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cedar Hills Elementary serve?
Cedar Hills Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Cedar Hills Elementary?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Cedar Hills Elementary.
How diverse is Cedar Hills Elementary?
Cedar Hills Elementary reports a student body of 48% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 23% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Cedar Hills Elementary?
Cedar Hills 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.