Milwaukee City Wire

Oak Creek High School had the highest enrollment among Milwaukee County schools, welcoming 2,220 students during the 2024-25 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2024-25 school year, 52.8% identified themselves as boys, and 47.2% as girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were Asian, accounting for 85.8% of the Oak Creek High School's total enrollment.

Among the 257 schools in Milwaukee County, HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,974 students, while Franklin High School welcomed 1,605 students and ranked third in the 2024-25 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.

In 2022, the teacher-to-student ratio was approximately 1:14 in Wisconsin classrooms, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Wisconsin ranks 22nd in the U.S. for public education spending, with an annual expenditure of over $16,500 per pupil, totaling $13.8 billion.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Oak Creek High School	Oak Creek	2,220
HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12	Milwaukee	1,974
Franklin High School	Franklin	1,605
Hamilton High School	Milwaukee	1,472
Reagan College Preparatory High School	Milwaukee	1,372
King International	Milwaukee	1,308
Obama School of Career and Technical Education	Milwaukee	1,294
Riverside High School	Milwaukee	1,240
Golda Meir School	Milwaukee	1,192
Greenfield High School	Greenfield	1,140
Nathan Hale High School	West Allis	1,134
Forest Park Middle School	Franklin	1,056
Bradley Technology High School	Milwaukee	1,048
East High School	Wauwatosa	1,043
Nicolet High School	Glendale	1,043
Pulaski High School	Milwaukee	1,041
Bay View High School	Milwaukee	1,021
West High School	Wauwatosa	986
Milwaukee School of Languages	Milwaukee	964
Central High School	West Allis	961
Milwaukee High School of the Arts	Milwaukee	959
Whitefish Bay High School	Whitefish Bay	945
Oak Creek East Middle School	Oak Creek	935
South Division High School	Milwaukee	923
South Milwaukee High School	South Milwaukee	920
Brown Deer Middle/High School	Brown Deer	904
Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate School	West Allis	902
Greendale High School	Greendale	882
Milwaukee Parkside School	Milwaukee	859
MacDowell Montessori School K3-12	Milwaukee	823
Whitnall High School	Greenfield	821
Longfellow Middle School	Wauwatosa	782
Longfellow Elementary School	Milwaukee	773
Fernwood Montessori	Milwaukee	731
Vieau Elementary School	Milwaukee	713
Brown Deer Elementary School	Brown Deer	709
Greenfield Middle School	Greenfield	704
Richards Elementary School	Whitefish Bay	680
Carmen High School of Science and Technology Southeast Campus	Milwaukee	679
Hayes Bilingual School	Milwaukee	670
Tenor High School	Milwaukee	651
Cudahy High School	Cudahy	644
Gaenslen Elementary School	Milwaukee	641
Marshall High School	Milwaukee	639
Morgandale Elementary School	Milwaukee	624
Cumberland Elementary School	Whitefish Bay	624
Greendale Middle School	Greendale	617
Whitefish Bay Middle School	Whitefish Bay	612
Vincent High School	Milwaukee	611
South Milwaukee Middle School	South Milwaukee	610
Doerfler Elementary School	Milwaukee	609
Congress Elementary School	Milwaukee	607
Milwaukee Spanish Immersion	Milwaukee	605
Humboldt Park Elementary School	Milwaukee	604
Fairview Elementary School	Milwaukee	603
Mitchell Elementary School	Milwaukee	597
ALBA - Academia de Lenguaje Y. Bellas Artes	Milwaukee	593
Shorewood High School	Shorewood	589
Grant Elementary School	Milwaukee	585
Bethune Academy	Milwaukee	574
Rogers Street Academy	Milwaukee	570
Whitman Middle School	Wauwatosa	570
Forest Home Elementary School	Milwaukee	559
La Causa Charter School	Milwaukee	558
Whitnall Middle School	Greenfield	558
Greenfield Bilingual	Milwaukee	556
Burbank Elementary School	Milwaukee	552
Milwaukee German Immersion	Milwaukee	549
Saint Francis High School	Saint Francis	543
Wedgewood Park School	Milwaukee	541
Garland Elementary School	Milwaukee	541
Green Tree Preparatory Academy	Milwaukee	535
Lake Bluff Elementary School	Shorewood	531
Oak Creek West Middle School	Oak Creek	531
Burdick Elementary School	Milwaukee	527
Carmen Middle/High School of Science and Technology: Northwest Campus	Milwaukee	526
Hales Corners Elementary School	Hales Corners	520
Grantosa Drive Elementary School	Milwaukee	506
Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language	Milwaukee	499
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - Lola Rowe North Campus	Milwaukee	496
Academy of Accelerated Learning	Milwaukee	493
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - Lloyd Street	Milwaukee	492
Parkway Elementary School	Glendale	490
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - 36th Street Campus	Milwaukee	486
Glen Hills Middle School	Glendale	483
Elm Dale Elementary School	Greenfield	477
Atwater Elementary School	Shorewood	474
Milwaukee College Preparatory School - 38th Street	Milwaukee	474
Stormonth Elementary School	Milwaukee	473
Maryland Montessori	Milwaukee	470
Manitoba Elementary School	Milwaukee	469
James Madison Academic Campus	Milwaukee	468
Fratney Elementary School	Milwaukee	459
Allen-Field Elementary School	Milwaukee	451
Bay View Montessori School	Milwaukee	449
Cooper Elementary School	Milwaukee	447
Country Dale Elementary School	Franklin	437
Robinwood Elementary School	Franklin	437
Audubon Technology and Communication High School	Milwaukee	436
Forest Ridge Elementary School	Oak Creek	435
Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	428
Maple Grove Elementary School	Greenfield	427
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	427
Milwaukee French Immersion	Milwaukee	426
Pleasant View Elementary School	Franklin	422
Shepard Hills Elementary School	Oak Creek	419
Victory Elementary School	Milwaukee	419
River Trail Elementary School	Milwaukee	406
Mitchell Elementary School	Cudahy	403
WHS Information Technology	Milwaukee	402
Roosevelt Elementary School	Wauwatosa	396
Honey Creek Elementary School	Milwaukee	393
Jefferson Elementary School	West Allis	393
Edgewood Elementary School	Oak Creek	389
McKinley Elementary School	Wauwatosa	388
Highland Community School	Milwaukee	387
Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary School	Milwaukee	384
Horace Mann Elementary School	West Allis	384
Morse Middle School for the Gifted and Talented	Milwaukee	383
Carmen High School of Science and Technology South Campus	Milwaukee	382
Seeds of Health Elementary Program	Milwaukee	380
West Milwaukee Intermediate School	West Milwaukee	378
Edgerton Elementary School	Hales Corners	378
Carollton Elementary School	Oak Creek	376
Irving Elementary School	West Allis	375
Eisenhower Elementary School	Wauwatosa	373
Rawson Elementary School	South Milwaukee	371
Walker Elementary School	West Allis	371
Southwood Glen Elementary School	Franklin	370
Deerfield Elementary School	Oak Creek	368
Wilson Elementary School	West Allis	365
Story Elementary School	Milwaukee	365
Eighty-First Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	357
Neeskara Elementary School	Milwaukee	356
Thoreau Elementary School	Milwaukee	353
Canterbury Elementary School	Greendale	350
North Division High School	Milwaukee	346
Audubon Technology and Communication Middle School	Milwaukee	345
Bayside Middle School	Milwaukee	340
Whitman Elementary School	Milwaukee	339
Lincoln Elementary School	Wauwatosa	336
Highland View Elementary School	Greendale	336
Parkview Elementary School	Milwaukee	335
Elm Creative Arts Elementary School	Milwaukee	335
Carson Academy	Milwaukee	326
Edgewood Elementary School	Greenfield	325
Carver Academy	Milwaukee	324
Stuart Elementary School	Milwaukee	322
Clemens Elementary School	Milwaukee	321
Meadowview Elementary School	Oak Creek	320
Lancaster Elementary School	Milwaukee	316
Underwood Elementary School	Wauwatosa	315
Blakewood Elementary School	South Milwaukee	314
Goodrich Elementary School	Milwaukee	312
Cass Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	312
Lincoln Elementary School	Cudahy	312
Franklin Elementary School	Milwaukee	311
Lincoln Middle School	Milwaukee	309
Fifty-Third Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	308
Ben Franklin Elementary School	Franklin	308
Glenwood Elementary School	Greenfield	307
Kluge Elementary School	Milwaukee	301
Curtin Elementary School	Milwaukee	301
Shorewood Intermediate School	Shorewood	300
Deer Creek Intermediate School	Saint Francis	300
Hawley Environmental School	Milwaukee	299
Metcalfe Elementary School	Milwaukee	296
Cedar Hills Elementary School	Oak Creek	295
Kagel Elementary School	Milwaukee	292
Barbee Elementary School	Milwaukee	289
Pratt Elementary School	Milwaukee	288
Engleburg Elementary School	Milwaukee	286
Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning	Milwaukee	286
Washington Elementary School	Wauwatosa	285
Barton Elementary School	Milwaukee	283
Browning Elementary School	Milwaukee	279
King Jr. Elementary School	Milwaukee	277
Lakeview Elementary School	South Milwaukee	274
Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy	Milwaukee	274
College Park Elementary School	Greendale	273
Bruce Elementary School	Milwaukee	270
Roosevelt Middle School	Milwaukee	270
Starms Discovery	Milwaukee	268
Mitchell Elementary School	West Allis	267
Early Learning Academy	Oak Creek	266
Alcott Elementary School	Milwaukee	264
Willow Glen Primary School	Saint Francis	263
Holmes Elementary School	Milwaukee	260
Hawthorne Elementary School	Milwaukee	259
Townsend Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	257
Madison Elementary School	Wauwatosa	257
Veritas High School	Milwaukee	256
Hartford Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	256
Thurston Woods Elementary School	Milwaukee	256
Pershing Elementary School	West Milwaukee	250
Zablocki Elementary School	Milwaukee	250
Cudahy Middle School	Cudahy	247
Brown Street Academy	Milwaukee	245
Riverwest Elementary School	Milwaukee	244
Franklin Elementary School	West Allis	244
Riley Dual Language Montessori School	Milwaukee	239
Clement Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	238
Maple Tree Elementary School	Milwaukee	235
Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies	Milwaukee	228
Maple Dale School	Fox Point	224
Indian Hill School	River Hills	223
Jefferson Elementary School	Wauwatosa	222
Craig Montessori School	Milwaukee	220
Grandview High School	Milwaukee	219
Kilbourn Elementary School	Milwaukee	218
Wilson Elementary School	Wauwatosa	218
LaFollette Elementary School	Milwaukee	216
Bryant Elementary School	Milwaukee	212
Ideal	Milwaukee	210
Lowell International Elementary School	Milwaukee	209
Kosciuszko Elementary School	Cudahy	208
Jackson Elementary School	Milwaukee	206
Starms Early Childhood	Milwaukee	205
E. W. Luther Elementary School	South Milwaukee	197
Hampton Elementary School	Milwaukee	194
Emerson Elementary School	Milwaukee	187
Wauwatosa Montessori School	Wauwatosa	176
Siefert Elementary School	Milwaukee	174
Jones Elementary School	Cudahy	171
James E. Dottke Alternative School	West Allis	168
Clarke Street Elementary School	Milwaukee	167
Hi-Mount Elementary School	Milwaukee	166
King International Baccalaureate Middle School	Milwaukee	159
Westside Academy	Milwaukee	159
Auer Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	151
Sherman Elementary School	Milwaukee	147
Whittier Elementary School	Milwaukee	146
Hopkins Lloyd Community School	Milwaukee	143
Alliance School of Milwaukee	Milwaukee	141
Vel R. Phillips School	Wauwatosa	139
Wauwatosa STEM	Wauwatosa	127
Keefe Avenue Elementary School	Milwaukee	125
Next Door Charter	Milwaukee	120
Project STAY-Supporting Teachers and Youth	Milwaukee	114
Andrew S. Douglas Middle School	Milwaukee	106
Groppi High School	Milwaukee	105
NOVA - Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy	Milwaukee	104
Shalom High School	Milwaukee	101
Wauwatosa Virtual Academy	Wauwatosa	91
Transition High School	Milwaukee	90
Deeper Learning Virtual Academy	West Allis	88
Time 4 Learning Charter School	Greendale	88
Core4	Greenfield	87
ASSATA High School	Milwaukee	78
South Accelerated Academy	Milwaukee	57
Vincent Accelerated Academy	Milwaukee	53
Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee	Milwaukee	49
Milwaukee County Youth Education Center	Milwaukee	49
Milwaukee County Correctional Facility South	Franklin	31
New Horizons for Learning	Shorewood	22
Lad Lake Synergy School	Milwaukee	22
Grant Gordon Learning Center	Milwaukee	1