Educational Options

NOTICE OF EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN WHO RESIDE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT 

The Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District offers a variety of educational options to children who reside in the District. The Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District currently serves approximately 6,500 students residing in the City of Oak Creek and a portion of the City of Franklin. With the support of the community, the dedication of our staff, and the commitment of the families we serve, the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District continues to demonstrate academic excellence and holds an outstanding reputation in the State of Wisconsin. 

The District’s primary educational pathway and instructional program for students involves a progression from 4-year-old kindergarten through 12th grade, leading to a high school diploma. 

The District’s schools and each school’s most recent state-assigned performance category (2024-2025) are listed below: 

Some of the specific education programs offered to eligible students who are enrolled in and attending the District’s schools include the following:  

• Early childhood special education (for students who are at least 3 years old but not yet school-age)  
• Special education for students with disabilities  
• English language learner education  
• Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs  
• OC Virtual 
• Individualized program and curriculum modifications  
• Alternative education program(s)  
• At-risk education (e.g., for students identified as being at-risk of not graduating from high school)
• Connects Learning Center  
• Summer school programming 

The full version of the District’s most recent school and school district accountability report, as issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction under section 115.385 of the state statutes, can be accessed via the following page on the District’s website under “Annual Notices” www.ocfsd.org/stay-informed/annual-notices 

Educational options for students who are enrolled in the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District that involve part-time attendance at an educational institution other than a school of the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District include the following:  

• The Early College Credit Program, which 
  • provides opportunities for students in grades 9-12 to enroll in a Wisconsin private Institution or UW System of Higher Education to take one or more courses for which the student may earn high school credit, post-secondary credit, or both during the fall, spring or summer semesters. 
• The Start College Now Program, which 
  • provides opportunities for students in grades 11-12 the opportunity to take college courses at Wisconsin Technical Colleges during the Fall and Spring semesters. 
• Other Dual Enrollment Opportunities, which include
  • MATC Academies, and
  • the CAPP Program
• Youth Apprenticeship Program
  • Provides opportunities for students to gain industry certifications and/or college credits before graduation
  • Youth apprenticeship provides students with one or two years of professional training and hands-on experience in some of the most promising career areas and technical occupations.

Additional educational options for children who reside in the District that involve full-time enrollment/attendance at a school, program, or other educational institution that is not a school or instrumentality of the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District include the following:  

• Full-time Open Enrollment involving physical attendance in a public school of a nonresident school district or attendance through a virtual charter school that is associated with a nonresident school district.  
• Enrollment in any private school participating in the Wisconsin parental choice program that may be open to students who are District residents. The following participating private schools are located within the District’s boundaries, and each school’s most recent state-assigned performance category is provided, if available:
  • Badger State Baptist School (Meets Expectations ***)
  • Grace Lutheran School
  • Saint Matthew School
• A child with a disability who meets the program’s specific eligibility requirements may apply to attend an eligible, participating private school under a scholarship awarded through the state’s “Special Needs Scholarship Program,” as established under section 115.7915 of the state statutes.  
• Enrollment in a private school of the family’s choosing (at the family’s own cost, as applicable). 
• Enrollment in a home-based private educational program as provided under state law. 

Educational options for children who reside in the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District but who are enrolled in and attending a private school or home-based private educational program include the following:  

• Such students have the opportunity to attend summer school classes/programs offered in the District.  
• Private school students in the high school grades have the opportunity to apply for approval to take up to two courses per semester in a District school, pursuant to section 118.145(4) of the state statutes.  
• Students who are enrolled in a home-based private educational program have the opportunity to: 
  • Apply for approval to take up to two courses per semester in public schools as provided under section 118.53. 
  • Participate in District interscholastic athletics and other District extracurricular activities as provided under section 118.133. 

For more information about any of the educational options listed in this notice, please contact Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Andre Bennett at the District’s main administrative office at 414-768-5884 or the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.