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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Shepard Hills Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK CREEK-FRANKLIN JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551083001413
Shepard Hills Elementary
9701 S Shepard Hills Dr, Oak Creek, WI 53154 · (414) 768-6270 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
164 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
63%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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
54.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.3% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 55.8% |
% 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Shepard Hills Elementary
Shepard Hills Elementary's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepard Hills Elementary this school | 419 | 39.1% | 57.3% |
| Northside Elementary Sun Prairie | 439 | 40.5% | 44.1% |
| Edgewood Elementary Oak Creek | 389 | 41.6% | 61.1% |
| Elvehjem Elementary Madison | 415 | 36.6% | 56.2% |
| Plover-Whiting Elementary Plover | 448 | 38.4% | 54.7% |
| Jackson Elementary Manitowoc | 336 | 41.4% | 46.4% |
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 Shepard Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #473 of 982 | #36 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #504 of 992 ▲ 18 | #36 of 174 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #394 of 992 ▲ 104 | #38 of 174 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #303 of 1,157 | #58 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #716 of 901 | #71 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #176 of 901 | #46 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #590 of 1,064 | #137 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #558 of 664 | #110 of 133 |
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
419
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 419 | 27.4 | 15.3:1 | 39% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 25.9 | 16.3:1 | 38% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 25.7 | 16.8:1 | 41% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 37% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 28% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 27% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 26% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 9% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 27 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shepard Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (444 to 419); teachers up 10% (25 to 27.4).
About Shepard Hills Elementary
Shepard Hills Elementary is a public mid-sized elementary school in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. It enrolls 419 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 30% above the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Shepard Hills Elementary is one school in an 11-school district, Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District, which enrolls 6,554 students.
About 56% of the student body at Shepard Hills Elementary is White. Enrollment also includes 16% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
With 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.3:1. It is about the same as the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Shepard Hills Elementary, 39% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
On the allk12 Grade, Shepard Hills Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 53.6%.
Looking at the county, Milwaukee County, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Shepard Hills Elementary, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools.
Shepard Hills Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Oak Creek East Middle, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Shepard Hills Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Shepard Hills Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 411 to 419, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Shepard Hills Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Oak Creek West MiddleMiddle · 531 students
- Forest Ridge ElementaryElementary · 435 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
- Oak Creek West MiddleMiddle · 531 students
- Forest Ridge ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Edgewood ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Carollton ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Creek East Middle0.6 mi · 935
- Meadowview Elementary1.1 mi · 320
- Oak Creek High1.3 mi · 2,220
- Edgewood Elementary1.4 mi · 389
- Oak Creek West Middle2.1 mi · 531
- Carollton Elementary2.2 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Shepard Hills ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Shepard Hills Elementary?
Shepard Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 419 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shepard Hills Elementary serve?
Shepard Hills Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Shepard Hills Elementary?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Shepard Hills Elementary.
How diverse is Shepard Hills Elementary?
Shepard Hills Elementary reports a student body of 56% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Shepard Hills Elementary public or private?
Shepard Hills Elementary 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.