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What's one thing Oak Creek East Middle gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
935
Middle
DISTRICT 733 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK CREEK-FRANKLIN JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551083001412
Oak Creek East Middle
9330 S Shepard Ave, Oak Creek, WI 53154 · (414) 768-6260 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL935 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
239 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 310 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 296 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 329 | 35% |
Student demographics
52%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Oak Creek East Middle→Oak Creek High
Based on grade levels within Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
66.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 65.1% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Oak Creek East Middle
Oak Creek East Middle's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Creek East Middle this school | 935 | 25.6% | 62.2% |
| Greendale Middle Greendale | 617 | 27.1% | 66.9% |
| Whitnall Middle Greenfield | 558 | 27.8% | 63.3% |
| Badger Ridge Middle Verona | 776 | 26.0% | 56.1% |
| West De Pere Middle De Pere | 546 | 24.7% | 63.6% |
| Glacial Drumlin School Cottage Grove | 766 | 20.0% | 48.9% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle 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 Oak Creek East Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #121 of 323 | #9 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #107 of 327 ▲ 8 | #9 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #122 of 327 ▼ 40 | #10 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 935 | #12 of 389 | #2 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #232 of 265 | #19 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #69 of 265 | #13 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.6% | #230 of 323 | #21 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #138 of 176 | #15 of 20 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
935
-50 (-5%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 935 | 61.6 | 15.2:1 | 26% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 895 | 64.2 | 13.9:1 | 25% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 945 | 65.3 | 14.5:1 | 26% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 985 | 61 | 16.1:1 | 25% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 983 | 60 | 16.4:1 | 19% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 955 | 58 | 16.5:1 | 22% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 901 | 56 | 16.1:1 | 20% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 9% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 614 | 39 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Creek East Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (983 to 935); teachers up 3% (60 to 61.6).
About Oak Creek East Middle
Oak Creek East Middle operates as a large middle school in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The student body numbers 935 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Wisconsin) has about 381 students.
Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District is made up of 11 schools with 6,554 students in all.
At Oak Creek East Middle, White students make up 66% of the student body. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. Census figures show Milwaukee County is about 51% White. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.2:1, with 61.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Oak Creek East Middle is 26%. The average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
Measured against Wisconsin public middle schools, Oak Creek East Middle receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Oak Creek East Middle's average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.2% is within a point of the 62.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Milwaukee County this way: the median household income is $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. In all, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools and roughly 122,496 students.
The next-closest public school is Shepard Hills Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Oak Creek East Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Oak Creek East Middle's average proficiency of 62.2% compares with 59.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 935, a 5% decrease from 985 in 2020-21.
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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 West MiddleMiddle · 531 students
- Forest Ridge ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Shepard Hills ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Edgewood ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Carollton ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Oak Creek
- Oak Creek HighHigh · 2,220 students
- Oak Creek West MiddleMiddle · 531 students
- Forest Ridge ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Shepard Hills ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Edgewood ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Carollton ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Shepard Hills Elementary0.6 mi · 419
- Oak Creek High0.9 mi · 2,220
- Edgewood Elementary0.9 mi · 389
- Meadowview Elementary1.4 mi · 320
- Carollton Elementary1.8 mi · 376
- Blakewood Elementary2.0 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Creek East MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Creek East Middle?
Oak Creek East Middle enrolls approximately 935 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Oak Creek East Middle serve?
Oak Creek East Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oak Creek East Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oak Creek East Middle is approximately 15.2:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Creek East Middle?
At Oak Creek East Middle, the student body is approximately 66% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Oak Creek East Middle public or private?
Oak Creek East Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.