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Best High Schools in Milwaukee, WI (2025-26)
Every ranked high school in Milwaukee, WI, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Milwaukee, WI rankings: High Schools · Elementary Schools
Milwaukee, WI high schools ranked
How Milwaukee, WI's high schools compare
B: 1C: 2D: 6F: 22
3% of the 31 ranked high schools in Milwaukee, WI earn an A or B (0 A grades, 1 B, 2 C, 6 D, 22 F), against 48% of high schools nationwide. 18 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (58% here, 75% nationally), and 4 exceed it. On average 11% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 15% (national averages: 42% actual, 40% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Reagan College Preparatory High (56% against 24%, B+), King International (32% against 18%, C).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 10): Milwaukee School District (6), Seeds of Health Inc (2).
The largest ranked high schools: Hapa Hmong American Peace Academy K3 12 (1,828 students, C+, #2), Hamilton High (1,439 students, F, #28), Obama School Of Career And Technical Education (1,402 students, F, #20).
Of the top 25, 0 are magnet schools and 9 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
High schools in Milwaukee, WI that are not ranked
13 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Special-purpose schools (4)
Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.
- D+ Assata High, Milwaukee
- D+ Banner Preparatory School Of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
- F Grandview High, Milwaukee
- D+ Lad Lake Synergy School, Milwaukee
Closed schools (1)
NCES lists these schools as closed or inactive since their last graded year.
- F Milwaukee Excellence Charter School, Milwaukee
Not yet graded (8)
Too little test data to grade.
- Alliance School Of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
- Groppi High, Milwaukee
- Nova Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy, Milwaukee
- Project Stay Supporting Teachers And Youth, Milwaukee
- Shalom High, Milwaukee
- South Accelerated Academy, Milwaukee
- Transition High, Milwaukee
- Vincent Accelerated Academy, Milwaukee
About this ranking
- Scope: public high schools in Milwaukee, WI, as grouped on its schools page; the Wisconsin ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about high schools in Milwaukee, WI
What is the best high school in Milwaukee, WI?
Reagan College Preparatory High in Milwaukee ranks first among the 31 ranked high schools in Milwaukee, WI with a SchoolGrade of B+, 56% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 24%.
How are high schools in Milwaukee, WI ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many high schools does Milwaukee, WI have?
SchoolGrade grades 44 public high schools in Milwaukee, WI; 31 are ranked here and 13 are listed as not ranked.