Milwaukee City Wire

Oak Creek High School had the highest enrollment among Milwaukee County schools, welcoming 2,168 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 53.3% of them were boys.

Data also showed that most of the students were Asian, accounting for 82.2% of the Oak Creek High School's total enrollment.

Among the 263 schools in Milwaukee County, HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,828 students, while Franklin High School welcomed 1,571 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Oak Creek High School is a part of the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District, which roughly covers schools within Milwaukee County with its main office in Oak Creek.

In the previous school year, Oak Creek High School also had the highest number of students among Milwaukee County schools.

Nearly 830,000 students were enrolled in Wisconsin schools in the 2021-22 school year. This is a 0.85% decrease from the year before. In sharp contrast to declining public school figures, enrollment in charter schools rose 4.5% to more than 52,000.

In 2022, the teacher-to-student ratio was approximately 1:14 in Wisconsin classrooms, compared to the national average of 1:16. AAA State of Play considered Wisconsin to have the 14th best teacher to student ratio in the U.S.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Oak Creek High School	Oak Creek	2,168
HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12	Milwaukee	1,828
Franklin High School	Franklin	1,571
Hamilton High School	Milwaukee	1,439
Obama School of Career and Technical Education	Milwaukee	1,402
Reagan College Preparatory High School	Milwaukee	1,343
King International	Milwaukee	1,283
Nathan Hale High School	West Allis	1,261
Riverside High School	Milwaukee	1,229
Golda Meir School	Milwaukee	1,174
Greenfield High School	Greenfield	1,157
Nicolet High School	Glendale	1,089
Forest Park Middle School	Franklin	1,084
East High School	Wauwatosa	1,067
West High School	Wauwatosa	1,050
Central High School	West Allis	1,007
Milwaukee High School of the Arts	Milwaukee	989
South Milwaukee High School	South Milwaukee	988
Milwaukee School of Languages	Milwaukee	985
Bradley Technology High School	Milwaukee	951
Oak Creek East Middle School	Oak Creek	945
Bay View High School	Milwaukee	945
Brown Deer Middle/High School	Brown Deer	944
Whitefish Bay High School	Whitefish Bay	941
Greendale High School	Greendale	932
Pulaski High School	Milwaukee	921
MacDowell Montessori School K3-12	Milwaukee	854
Milwaukee Parkside School	Milwaukee	838
Whitnall High School	Greenfield	832
South Division High School	Milwaukee	807
Marshall High School	Milwaukee	798
Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate School	West Allis	761
Fernwood Montessori	Milwaukee	756
Greenfield Middle School	Greenfield	750
Carmen High School of Science and Technology Southeast Campus	Milwaukee	748
Longfellow Middle School	Wauwatosa	737
Congress Elementary School	Milwaukee	720
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion	Milwaukee	716
Brown Deer Elementary School	Brown Deer	709
Gaenslen Elementary School	Milwaukee	687
James Madison Academic Campus	Milwaukee	686
Vincent High School	Milwaukee	685
Longfellow Elementary School	Milwaukee	673
Cudahy High School	Cudahy	673
Richards Elementary School	Whitefish Bay	665
Hayes Bilingual School	Milwaukee	664
Wedgewood Park School	Milwaukee	656
Whitman Middle School	Wauwatosa	650
Fairview Elementary School	Milwaukee	647
Shorewood High School	Shorewood	636
Cumberland Elementary School	Whitefish Bay	636
La Causa Charter School	Milwaukee	623
Greendale Middle School	Greendale	621
Whitefish Bay Middle School	Whitefish Bay	618
Vieau Elementary School	Milwaukee	615
Carmen Middle/High School of Science and Technology: Northwest Campus	Milwaukee	615
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje Y. Bellas Artes	Milwaukee	595
Mitchell Elementary School	Milwaukee	589
South Milwaukee Middle School	South Milwaukee	587
Forest Home Elementary School	Milwaukee	582
Whitnall Middle School	Greenfield	579
Garland Elementary School	Milwaukee	564
Academy of Accelerated Learning	Milwaukee	563
Milwaukee German Immersion	Milwaukee	561
Humboldt Park Elementary School	Milwaukee	559
Tenor High School	Milwaukee	550
Bethune Academy	Milwaukee	549
Grant Elementary School	Milwaukee	545
Milwaukee Excellence Charter School	Milwaukee	544
Greenfield Bilingual	Milwaukee	542
Oak Creek West Middle School	Oak Creek	533
Saint Francis High School	Saint Francis	530
Morgandale Elementary School	Milwaukee	530
Rogers Street Academy	Milwaukee	529
Doerfler Elementary School	Milwaukee	520
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - Lola Rowe North Campus	Milwaukee	512
Hales Corners Elementary School	Hales Corners	512
Grantosa Drive Elementary School	Milwaukee	510
Lake Bluff Elementary School	Shorewood	508
Maryland Montessori	Milwaukee	501
Burdick Elementary School	Milwaukee	497
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - 36th Street Campus	Milwaukee	493
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - Lloyd Street	Milwaukee	490
Burbank Elementary School	Milwaukee	488
Allen-Field Elementary School	Milwaukee	488
Glen Hills Middle School	Glendale	486
Stormonth Elementary School	Milwaukee	485
Elm Dale Elementary School	Greenfield	484
Fratney Elementary School	Milwaukee	483
Atwater Elementary School	Shorewood	478
Parkway Elementary School	Glendale	476
Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language	Milwaukee	475
Bay View Montessori School	Milwaukee	469
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - 38th Street	Milwaukee	467
Robinwood Elementary School	Franklin	465
Maple Grove Elementary School	Greenfield	464
Cooper Elementary School	Milwaukee	461
Pleasant View Elementary School	Franklin	450
Milwaukee French Immersion	Milwaukee	450
Country Dale Elementary School	Franklin	447
Morse Middle School for the Gifted and Talented	Milwaukee	445
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	442
Manitoba Elementary School	Milwaukee	440
Victory Elementary School	Milwaukee	437
Green Tree Preparatory Academy	Milwaukee	435
Shepard Hills Elementary School	Oak Creek	431
Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary School	Milwaukee	429
Audubon Technology and Communication High School	Milwaukee	427
Audubon Technology and Communication Middle School	Milwaukee	425
Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning	Milwaukee	422
Highland Community School	Milwaukee	420
Forest Ridge Elementary School	Oak Creek	420
Cudahy Middle School	Cudahy	419
WHS Information Technology	Milwaukee	417
Roosevelt Elementary School	Wauwatosa	414
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	414
Southwood Glen Elementary School	Franklin	413
Jefferson Elementary School	West Allis	412
Hartford Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	399
Horace Mann Elementary School	West Allis	398
McKinley Elementary School	Wauwatosa	395
Mitchell Elementary School	Cudahy	393
Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus	Milwaukee	387
Wilson Elementary School	West Allis	383
Lane Intermediate School	West Allis	381
Rawson Elementary School	South Milwaukee	380
Seeds of Health Elementary Program	Milwaukee	378
Carollton Elementary School	Oak Creek	376
Lincoln Middle School	Milwaukee	374
Honey Creek Elementary School	Milwaukee	374
Highland View Elementary School	Greendale	374
Eisenhower Elementary School	Wauwatosa	374
Deerfield Elementary School	Oak Creek	372
Irving Elementary School	West Allis	371
Edgerton Elementary School	Hales Corners	369
Canterbury Elementary School	Greendale	367
North Division High School	Milwaukee	366
Edgewood Elementary School	Oak Creek	365
Story Elementary School	Milwaukee	359
Thurston Woods Elementary School	Milwaukee	355
Thoreau Elementary School	Milwaukee	352
Carver Academy	Milwaukee	351
Carson Academy	Milwaukee	350
River Trail Elementary School	Milwaukee	343
Neeskara Elementary School	Milwaukee	340
Bayside Middle School	Milwaukee	340
Underwood Elementary School	Wauwatosa	336
Meadowview Elementary School	Oak Creek	336
Metcalfe Elementary School	Milwaukee	334
Eighty-First Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	332
Ben Franklin Elementary School	Franklin	332
Franklin Elementary School	Milwaukee	326
Kluge Elementary School	Milwaukee	325
Glenwood Elementary School	Greenfield	324
Blakewood Elementary School	South Milwaukee	323
Lincoln Elementary School	Wauwatosa	320
Lancaster Elementary School	Milwaukee	320
Whitman Elementary School	Milwaukee	319
Pratt Elementary School	Milwaukee	316
Edgewood Elementary School	Greenfield	314
Parkview Elementary School	Milwaukee	312
Fifty-Third Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	312
Deer Creek Intermediate School	Saint Francis	310
Roosevelt Middle School	Milwaukee	309
Curtin Elementary School	Milwaukee	309
Zablocki Elementary School	Milwaukee	308
Cedar Hills Elementary School	Oak Creek	308
West Milwaukee Intermediate School	West Milwaukee	304
Elm Creative Arts Elementary School	Milwaukee	302
Goodrich Elementary School	Milwaukee	300
Barbee Elementary School	Milwaukee	300
Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy	Milwaukee	299
Riley Dual Language Montessori School	Milwaukee	296
Engleburg Elementary School	Milwaukee	295
Alcott Elementary School	Milwaukee	293
Lakeview Elementary School	South Milwaukee	290
Washington Elementary School	Wauwatosa	288
Madison Elementary School	Wauwatosa	288
Shorewood Intermediate School	Shorewood	287
Clement Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	285
Clemens Elementary School	Milwaukee	285
Cass Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	285
Hawley Environmental School	Milwaukee	283
Browning Elementary School	Milwaukee	283
Sherman Elementary School	Milwaukee	281
Townsend Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	280
Bruce Elementary School	Milwaukee	280
King Jr. Elementary School	Milwaukee	279
Craig Montessori School	Milwaukee	276
King International Baccalaureate Middle School	Milwaukee	271
Holmes Elementary School	Milwaukee	266
College Park Elementary School	Greendale	265
Hawthorne Elementary School	Milwaukee	260
Riverwest Elementary School	Milwaukee	258
Stuart Elementary School	Milwaukee	256
Early Learning Academy	Oak Creek	256
Veritas High School	Milwaukee	253
Mitchell Elementary School	West Allis	253
Lincoln Elementary School	Cudahy	253
Starms Early Childhood	Milwaukee	251
Walker Elementary School	West Allis	249
Ideal	Milwaukee	245
Jackson Elementary School	Milwaukee	240
Starms Discovery	Milwaukee	238
Jefferson Elementary School	Wauwatosa	238
Siefert Elementary School	Milwaukee	234
Barton Elementary School	Milwaukee	234
Maple Tree Elementary School	Milwaukee	231
Kilbourn Elementary School	Milwaukee	230
Grandview High School	Milwaukee	229
Franklin Elementary School	West Allis	229
Willow Glen Primary School	Saint Francis	226
Indian Hill School	River Hills	223
Brown Street Academy	Milwaukee	223
Maple Dale School	Fox Point	219
Kagel Elementary School	Milwaukee	215
Lowell International Elementary School	Milwaukee	213
Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies	Milwaukee	209
Emerson Elementary School	Milwaukee	207
E. W. Luther Elementary School	South Milwaukee	205
Bryant Elementary School	Milwaukee	202
Wilson Elementary School	Wauwatosa	193
Clarke Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	192
Kosciuszko Elementary School	Cudahy	186
LaFollette Elementary School	Milwaukee	183
Wauwatosa Montessori School	Wauwatosa	180
Pershing Elementary School	West Milwaukee	180
Westside Academy	Milwaukee	175
Next Door Charter	Milwaukee	175
Jones Elementary School	Cudahy	169
Wauwatosa Virtual Academy	Wauwatosa	168
Andrew S. Douglas Middle School	Milwaukee	167
Hampton Elementary School	Milwaukee	163
Auer Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	160
James E. Dottke Alternative School	West Allis	159
Hi-Mount Elementary School	Milwaukee	149
Keefe Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	147
Madison Elementary School	West Allis	146
Alliance School of Milwaukee	Milwaukee	145
Whittier Elementary School	Milwaukee	143
Longfellow Elementary School	West Allis	143
Hopkins Lloyd Community School	Milwaukee	135
Wauwatosa STEM	Wauwatosa	131
ASSATA High School	Milwaukee	112
NOVA - Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy	Milwaukee	107
Vel R. Phillips School	Wauwatosa	106
Shalom High School	Milwaukee	106
Time 4 Learning Charter School	Greendale	105
Core4	Greenfield	105
Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth	Milwaukee	101
Deeper Learning Virtual Academy	West Allis	99
Groppi High School	Milwaukee	68
Transition High School	Milwaukee	67
Vincent Accelerated Academy	Milwaukee	60
Lad Lake Synergy School	Milwaukee	53
Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee	Milwaukee	46
Grant Gordon Learning Center	Milwaukee	35
South Accelerated Academy	Milwaukee	27
New Horizons for Learning	Shorewood	24
Milwaukee County Correctional Facility South	Franklin	19
Southeastern	Milwaukee	7
Milwaukee County Youth Education Center	Milwaukee	5
Shared Journeys	West Allis	2