Edgewood Elementary

Located at 8545 S Shepard Ave, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Edgewood Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus that hosts 389 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 20% bigger than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Edgewood Elementary logs that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 6% Asian. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Edgewood Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Edgewood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 61.1%.

In the surrounding community, 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%. Edgewood Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Oak Creek High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edgewood Elementary. On composite proficiency, Edgewood Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 391 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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