Milwaukee City Wire

Oak Creek High School had the highest enrollment among Milwaukee County schools, welcoming 2,223 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51.6% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were Asian, accounting for 83.3% of the Oak Creek High School's total enrollment.

Among the 260 schools in Milwaukee County, HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,894 students, while Franklin High School welcomed 1,606 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 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	2,223
HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12	Milwaukee	1,894
Franklin High School	Franklin	1,606
Hamilton High School	Milwaukee	1,485
Reagan College Preparatory High School	Milwaukee	1,349
King International	Milwaukee	1,339
Obama School of Career and Technical Education	Milwaukee	1,226
Golda Meir School	Milwaukee	1,211
Nathan Hale High School	West Allis	1,208
Riverside High School	Milwaukee	1,162
Greenfield High School	Greenfield	1,127
Forest Park Middle School	Franklin	1,074
Nicolet High School	Glendale	1,054
East High School	Wauwatosa	1,041
Central High School	West Allis	1,032
West High School	Wauwatosa	1,028
Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate School	West Allis	1,003
Bradley Technology High School	Milwaukee	999
Milwaukee High School of the Arts	Milwaukee	985
South Milwaukee High School	South Milwaukee	979
Bay View High School	Milwaukee	956
Milwaukee School of Languages	Milwaukee	951
Pulaski High School	Milwaukee	945
Brown Deer Middle/High School	Brown Deer	925
Greendale High School	Greendale	909
Whitefish Bay High School	Whitefish Bay	906
Oak Creek East Middle School	Oak Creek	895
MacDowell Montessori School K3-12	Milwaukee	860
Milwaukee Parkside School	Milwaukee	853
South Division High School	Milwaukee	842
Whitnall High School	Greenfield	834
Fernwood Montessori	Milwaukee	772
Longfellow Middle School	Wauwatosa	750
Greenfield Middle School	Greenfield	723
Brown Deer Elementary School	Brown Deer	722
Longfellow Elementary School	Milwaukee	718
Vincent High School	Milwaukee	708
Congress Elementary School	Milwaukee	699
Marshall High School	Milwaukee	692
Vieau Elementary School	Milwaukee	684
Richards Elementary School	Whitefish Bay	680
Cudahy High School	Cudahy	678
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion	Milwaukee	678
Gaenslen Elementary School	Milwaukee	677
Carmen High School of Science and Technology Southeast Campus	Milwaukee	676
Hayes Bilingual School	Milwaukee	638
Whitefish Bay Middle School	Whitefish Bay	634
Fairview Elementary School	Milwaukee	628
Tenor High School	Milwaukee	627
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje Y. Bellas Artes	Milwaukee	620
Shorewood High School	Shorewood	619
Greendale Middle School	Greendale	613
Mitchell Elementary School	Milwaukee	613
Cumberland Elementary School	Whitefish Bay	611
South Milwaukee Middle School	South Milwaukee	605
Whitman Middle School	Wauwatosa	598
James Madison Academic Campus	Milwaukee	595
Humboldt Park Elementary School	Milwaukee	589
Carmen Middle/High School of Science and Technology: Northwest Campus	Milwaukee	586
Grant Elementary School	Milwaukee	582
Morgandale Elementary School	Milwaukee	578
Rogers Street Academy	Milwaukee	570
La Causa Charter School	Milwaukee	570
Whitnall Middle School	Greenfield	569
Greenfield Bilingual	Milwaukee	555
Saint Francis High School	Saint Francis	554
Wedgewood Park School	Milwaukee	552
Grantosa Drive Elementary School	Milwaukee	551
Doerfler Elementary School	Milwaukee	550
Milwaukee German Immersion	Milwaukee	549
Academy of Accelerated Learning	Milwaukee	538
Oak Creek West Middle School	Oak Creek	537
Forest Home Elementary School	Milwaukee	537
Garland Elementary School	Milwaukee	536
Lake Bluff Elementary School	Shorewood	533
Bethune Academy	Milwaukee	525
Maryland Montessori	Milwaukee	515
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - Lola Rowe North Campus	Milwaukee	509
Hales Corners Elementary School	Hales Corners	509
Burbank Elementary School	Milwaukee	503
Green Tree Preparatory Academy	Milwaukee	496
Burdick Elementary School	Milwaukee	495
Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language	Milwaukee	491
Glen Hills Middle School	Glendale	488
Bay View Montessori School	Milwaukee	484
Stormonth Elementary School	Milwaukee	481
Atwater Elementary School	Shorewood	479
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - 36th Street Campus	Milwaukee	478
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - 38th Street	Milwaukee	478
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - Lloyd Street	Milwaukee	477
Parkway Elementary School	Glendale	475
Fratney Elementary School	Milwaukee	474
Allen-Field Elementary School	Milwaukee	474
Elm Dale Elementary School	Greenfield	465
Cooper Elementary School	Milwaukee	459
Maple Grove Elementary School	Greenfield	457
Jefferson Elementary School	West Allis	456
Robinwood Elementary School	Franklin	455
Manitoba Elementary School	Milwaukee	445
Country Dale Elementary School	Franklin	443
Milwaukee French Immersion	Milwaukee	431
Audubon Technology and Communication High School	Milwaukee	431
Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning	Milwaukee	431
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	424
Forest Ridge Elementary School	Oak Creek	422
Shepard Hills Elementary School	Oak Creek	421
Victory Elementary School	Milwaukee	421
Pleasant View Elementary School	Franklin	418
Morse Middle School for the Gifted and Talented	Milwaukee	416
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	416
Highland Community School	Milwaukee	414
Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary School	Milwaukee	414
Mitchell Elementary School	Cudahy	412
Roosevelt Elementary School	Wauwatosa	406
River Trail Elementary School	Milwaukee	403
Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus	Milwaukee	399
Southwood Glen Elementary School	Franklin	395
North Division High School	Milwaukee	389
McKinley Elementary School	Wauwatosa	386
Carollton Elementary School	Oak Creek	385
Story Elementary School	Milwaukee	385
Walker Elementary School	West Allis	384
Edgewood Elementary School	Oak Creek	382
Hartford Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	380
Highland View Elementary School	Greendale	379
Rawson Elementary School	South Milwaukee	379
WHS Information Technology	Milwaukee	379
Seeds of Health Elementary Program	Milwaukee	377
Irving Elementary School	West Allis	376
Edgerton Elementary School	Hales Corners	376
Deerfield Elementary School	Oak Creek	372
Neeskara Elementary School	Milwaukee	371
Horace Mann Elementary School	West Allis	370
Audubon Technology and Communication Middle School	Milwaukee	368
Wilson Elementary School	West Allis	365
Eighty-First Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	358
Thoreau Elementary School	Milwaukee	357
Eisenhower Elementary School	Wauwatosa	355
Honey Creek Elementary School	Milwaukee	354
West Milwaukee Intermediate School	West Milwaukee	353
Kluge Elementary School	Milwaukee	344
Canterbury Elementary School	Greendale	344
Franklin Elementary School	Milwaukee	344
Metcalfe Elementary School	Milwaukee	342
Bayside Middle School	Milwaukee	341
Lincoln Elementary School	Wauwatosa	336
Parkview Elementary School	Milwaukee	335
Underwood Elementary School	Wauwatosa	335
Carson Academy	Milwaukee	332
Whitman Elementary School	Milwaukee	331
Lancaster Elementary School	Milwaukee	331
Fifty-Third Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	330
Blakewood Elementary School	South Milwaukee	326
Edgewood Elementary School	Greenfield	321
Elm Creative Arts Elementary School	Milwaukee	319
Glenwood Elementary School	Greenfield	317
Ben Franklin Elementary School	Franklin	315
Meadowview Elementary School	Oak Creek	311
Pratt Elementary School	Milwaukee	309
Clemens Elementary School	Milwaukee	309
Lincoln Middle School	Milwaukee	308
Cedar Hills Elementary School	Oak Creek	307
Barbee Elementary School	Milwaukee	305
Deer Creek Intermediate School	Saint Francis	304
Townsend Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	299
Thurston Woods Elementary School	Milwaukee	298
King Jr. Elementary School	Milwaukee	298
Hawley Environmental School	Milwaukee	297
Carver Academy	Milwaukee	297
Zablocki Elementary School	Milwaukee	295
Stuart Elementary School	Milwaukee	295
Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy	Milwaukee	295
Lincoln Elementary School	Cudahy	295
Washington Elementary School	Wauwatosa	289
Holmes Elementary School	Milwaukee	289
Goodrich Elementary School	Milwaukee	288
Browning Elementary School	Milwaukee	288
Bruce Elementary School	Milwaukee	286
Hawthorne Elementary School	Milwaukee	285
Lakeview Elementary School	South Milwaukee	284
Curtin Elementary School	Milwaukee	283
Cass Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	281
Mitchell Elementary School	West Allis	277
Riverwest Elementary School	Milwaukee	275
College Park Elementary School	Greendale	273
Early Learning Academy	Oak Creek	272
Shorewood Intermediate School	Shorewood	272
Starms Early Childhood	Milwaukee	269
Milwaukee Excellence Charter School	Milwaukee	269
Alcott Elementary School	Milwaukee	268
Engleburg Elementary School	Milwaukee	268
Kagel Elementary School	Milwaukee	267
Riley Dual Language Montessori School	Milwaukee	265
Maple Tree Elementary School	Milwaukee	264
Cudahy Middle School	Cudahy	263
Barton Elementary School	Milwaukee	259
Clement Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	259
Kilbourn Elementary School	Milwaukee	258
Craig Montessori School	Milwaukee	257
Veritas High School	Milwaukee	255
Madison Elementary School	Wauwatosa	254
Franklin Elementary School	West Allis	246
Sherman Elementary School	Milwaukee	242
Willow Glen Primary School	Saint Francis	239
Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies	Milwaukee	236
Pershing Elementary School	West Milwaukee	235
Jefferson Elementary School	Wauwatosa	232
Starms Discovery	Milwaukee	230
Roosevelt Middle School	Milwaukee	225
Clarke Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	223
Indian Hill School	River Hills	221
Kosciuszko Elementary School	Cudahy	219
LaFollette Elementary School	Milwaukee	218
Grandview High School	Milwaukee	217
Siefert Elementary School	Milwaukee	216
Ideal	Milwaukee	216
Jackson Elementary School	Milwaukee	216
E. W. Luther Elementary School	South Milwaukee	210
King International Baccalaureate Middle School	Milwaukee	210
Wilson Elementary School	Wauwatosa	208
Lowell International Elementary School	Milwaukee	206
Brown Street Academy	Milwaukee	204
Maple Dale School	Fox Point	203
Emerson Elementary School	Milwaukee	202
Bryant Elementary School	Milwaukee	197
Jones Elementary School	Cudahy	187
Auer Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	187
Wauwatosa Montessori School	Wauwatosa	178
James E. Dottke Alternative School	West Allis	168
Westside Academy	Milwaukee	157
Alliance School of Milwaukee	Milwaukee	155
Hampton Elementary School	Milwaukee	150
Hi-Mount Elementary School	Milwaukee	143
Whittier Elementary School	Milwaukee	142
Deeper Learning Virtual Academy	West Allis	134
Wauwatosa STEM	Wauwatosa	131
Hopkins Lloyd Community School	Milwaukee	128
Keefe Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	127
Vel R. Phillips School	Wauwatosa	119
NOVA - Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy	Milwaukee	117
ASSATA High School	Milwaukee	116
Wauwatosa Virtual Academy	Wauwatosa	115
Shalom High School	Milwaukee	110
Next Door Charter	Milwaukee	107
Andrew S. Douglas Middle School	Milwaukee	106
Core4	Greenfield	106
Groppi High School	Milwaukee	102
Time 4 Learning Charter School	Greendale	91
Transition High School	Milwaukee	88
Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth	Milwaukee	78
Vincent Accelerated Academy	Milwaukee	49
South Accelerated Academy	Milwaukee	48
Grant Gordon Learning Center	Milwaukee	46
Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee	Milwaukee	44
Lad Lake Synergy School	Milwaukee	35
New Horizons for Learning	Shorewood	24
Milwaukee County Youth Education Center	Milwaukee	22
Southeastern	Milwaukee	16
Milwaukee County Correctional Facility South	Franklin	15
Shared Journeys	West Allis	4