Shepard Hills Elementary

Shepard Hills Elementary is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, part of Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District, educateing 419 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 30% bigger than typical.

Shepard Hills Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District, a district that teaches 6,554 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Shepard Hills Elementary logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% Black, 8% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Shepard Hills Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 14.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Milwaukee County's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, Shepard Hills Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Shepard Hills Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oak Creek East Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shepard Hills Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shepard Hills Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 444 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 66% to 56% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.