Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSHKOSH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551119001493
Oaklawn Elementary
112 Viola Ave, Oshkosh, WI 54901 · (920) 424-0170 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
264 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
25.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
27.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 27.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Oaklawn Elementary
Oaklawn Elementary's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oaklawn Elementary this school | 416 | 63.5% | 28.0% |
| Ronald C Dunlap Elementary School Appleton | 314 | 65.6% | 43.6% |
| River Heights Elementary Menomonie | 403 | 62.3% | 47.9% |
| Franklin Elementary Manitowoc | 356 | 64.6% | 44.8% |
| Jackson Elementary Sheboygan | 295 | 61.0% | 54.5% |
| Pigeon River Elementary Sheboygan | 254 | 60.2% | 45.6% |
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 Oaklawn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #855 of 982 | #29 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #847 of 992 ▲ 16 | #28 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #870 of 992 ▼ 11 | #28 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #312 of 1,157 | #7 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #373 of 901 | #12 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #123 of 901 | #4 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #243 of 1,064 | #11 of 32 |
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
416
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+195% since 1990-91, when it was 141
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 416 | 32.8 | 12.7:1 | 63% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 32.7 | 12.5:1 | 67% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 32.8 | 11.9:1 | 59% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 58% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 55% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 51% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 232 | 16 | 14.5:1 | 51% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 234 | 15 | 15.6:1 | 21% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 141 | 8 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oaklawn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (416 to 416); teachers up 13% (29 to 32.8).
About Oaklawn Elementary
Among the schools in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is Oaklawn Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 416 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 29% larger than average.
The district, Oshkosh Area School District, operates 21 schools serving 9,582 students.
More than half of enrollment at Oaklawn Elementary is White: 51%. Other groups include 19% Asian, 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 87% White. The diversity index for Oaklawn Elementary is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Oaklawn Elementary comes to 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.7:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. Oaklawn Elementary counts 63% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Winnebago County average 41%.
Oaklawn Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 8% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Oaklawn Elementary's results are 10.7 points below predicted: 28.0% against 38.7%.
The county, Winnebago County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,925, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 56, with about 22,271 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Oaklawn Elementary from the closest public school, Vel Phillips Middle School. The five-mile area around Oaklawn Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Oaklawn Elementary's average proficiency of 28.0% compares with 37.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 425 in 2020-21 and 416 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Oaklawn Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
171,769
Census ACS
Median income
$74,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
22,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oshkosh Area School District
- West HighHigh · 1,623 students
- North HighHigh · 1,266 students
- Vel Phillips Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Menominee Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Ready 4 Learning SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Traeger MiddleMiddle · 447 students
Other schools in Oshkosh
- West HighHigh · 1,623 students
- North HighHigh · 1,266 students
- Vel Phillips Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Menominee Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Ready 4 Learning SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Traeger MiddleMiddle · 447 students
Other Oaklawn Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Oaklawn Elementary. Oaklawn Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- Oaklawn ElementaryMenomonie, WI · 382 students
- Oaklawn Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 395 students
- Oaklawn Elementary SchoolMonticello, IN · 323 students
- Oaklawn ElemWichita, KS · 250 students
Nearby schools
- Vel Phillips Middle School0.5 mi · 832
- North High0.5 mi · 1,266
- Merrill Elementary0.6 mi · 256
- E Cook Elementary1.0 mi · 278
- Read Elementary1.1 mi · 383
- Menominee Elementary School1.3 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Oaklawn ElementaryHow large is Oaklawn Elementary?
Oaklawn Elementary enrolls approximately 416 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Oaklawn Elementary serve?
Oaklawn Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oaklawn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oaklawn Elementary is approximately 12.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oaklawn Elementary?
At Oaklawn Elementary, the student body is approximately 51% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 19% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Oaklawn Elementary public or private?
Oaklawn Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oshkosh Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.