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Enrollment
531
Middle
DISTRICT 733 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK CREEK-FRANKLIN JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551083000419
Oak Creek West Middle
8401 S 13th St, Oak Creek, WI 53154 · (414) 768-6250 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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.
- A+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
14.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
241 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 | 167 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 184 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%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 West 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
65.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
61.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.5% | 61.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 65.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 West Middle
Oak Creek West Middle's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Creek West Middle this school | 531 | 45.4% | 64.0% |
| Kaleidoscope Academy Appleton | 456 | 50.7% | 49.9% |
| Madison Middle Appleton | 929 | 43.7% | 47.1% |
| Toki Middle Madison | 487 | 46.0% | 50.3% |
| Greenfield Middle Greenfield | 704 | 53.4% | 44.6% |
| Lombardi Middle Green Bay | 664 | 55.6% | 47.1% |
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 West Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #102 of 323 | #7 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #140 of 327 ▼ 26 | #10 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #78 of 327 ▼ 22 | #8 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #116 of 389 | #12 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #221 of 265 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #29 of 265 | #5 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #96 of 323 | #16 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #37 of 79 | N/A |
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
531
+31 (+6%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 531 | 36.1 | 14.7:1 | 45% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 35.2 | 15.3:1 | 50% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 34.8 | 15.3:1 | 47% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 39% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 34.4 | 14.3:1 | 28% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 36% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 36% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 9% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Creek West Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (491 to 531); teachers up 5% (34.4 to 36.1).
About Oak Creek West Middle
Oak Creek West Middle, a mid-sized middle school, is located in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. It had 531 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin enroll about 381 students on average.
Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District enrolls 6,554 students in 11 schools, including Oak Creek West Middle.
More than half of the students at Oak Creek West Middle are White (51%). Next come 24% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. That is in line with Milwaukee County, where about 51% of residents are White. The diversity index for Oak Creek West Middle is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.7 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin, 12.8:1, is lower. Oak Creek West Middle has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 45%. Compared with the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Oak Creek West Middle lands at A, ahead of 86% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Oak Creek West Middle beats its 49.8% prediction with 64.0%, a top-10% result in Wisconsin.
The school's county is Milwaukee County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Oak Creek West Middle shares Milwaukee County with 283 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Forest Ridge Elementary is closest at about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Oak Creek West Middle is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 500 to 531, a 6% gain.
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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 East MiddleMiddle · 935 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 East MiddleMiddle · 935 students
- Forest Ridge ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Shepard Hills ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Edgewood ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Carollton ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Ridge Elementary0.9 mi · 435
- Early Learning Academy1.0 mi · 266
- Oak Creek High1.3 mi · 2,220
- Edgewood Elementary1.6 mi · 389
- Southwood Glen Elementary1.7 mi · 370
- Oak Creek East Middle2.0 mi · 935
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Creek West MiddleHow many students attend Oak Creek West Middle?
Oak Creek West Middle enrolls approximately 531 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Oak Creek West Middle serve?
Oak Creek West Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Oak Creek West Middle have?
Oak Creek West Middle employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Creek West Middle?
At Oak Creek West Middle, the student body is approximately 51% White, 24% Hispanic, 7% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Creek West Middle?
Oak Creek West Middle 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.