Summary:
ZIP code 53154 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, is home to two public middle schools — Oak Creek East Middle and Oak Creek West Middle — both part of the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District and both serving grades 6 through 8. Together they enroll 1,466 students: East is the larger school with 935 students, while West serves 531.
Both schools are strong. In 2025–2026, Oak Creek West Middle ranked 123 of 643 schools (81st percentile, 4 stars), while Oak Creek East Middle ranked 148 of 643 (77th percentile, 4 stars). Both held 4-star ratings in each of the past three years, while the district is rated 3 stars. Notably, West achieves this with a free/reduced-lunch rate of 45.39%, nearly double East's 25.56%, and slightly higher chronic absenteeism (14.3% vs 11.2%). Each school beat the state proficiency rate in every reported subject and grade in 2025–2026, and their combined average of about 67.3% far exceeds the state's 55.5%.
The schools have different strengths. East stands out in math, with Math 6 at 75.00% and Math 8 at 70.18%, and it has the lower chronic absenteeism rate at 11.2%, below the district's 14.0% and the state's 17.3%. West stands out in ELA 6, Math 7 (70.59%, more than 10 points above East) and Social Studies 8, and it posted a standout Science 8 gain of +12.50 points, from 49.71% to 62.21%. West improved in six of eight tested areas, while East improved in five. Dropout rates at both schools are very low (0.1% at East, 0.0% at West). Spending and class sizes are similar: $13,254 and $13,584 per student, with student-teacher ratios of 15.1 and 14.7.
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