Cedar Hills Elementary

Cedar Hills Elementary, a mid-sized elementary campus in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, part of Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District, caters to 295 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, Cedar Hills Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 23% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cedar Hills Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Milwaukee County shows median household income runs about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Cedar Hills Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Victory Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cedar Hills Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 318 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 60% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.