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King International

Public Grades 9-12

373^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 431 Wisconsin High Schools

Better than 13% of Wisconsin high schools

Summary

King International is a public high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving 1,339 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Milwaukee School District, which is ranked 415 out of 426 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, King International struggles, with only 30.3% of 10th-grade students proficient or better in Social Studies, compared to the state average of 47.67% and the Milwaukee School District average of 21.73%. The school's performance in other subjects, like English Language Arts and Mathematics, also lags behind state and district averages. However, King International's four-year graduation rate of 91.0% is on par with nearby schools in the district, though its dropout rate of 1.3% is higher than average. The school also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism, at 17.7% of students.

Interestingly, the nearby North Division High, NOVA-Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy, and ASSATA High have similar academic and demographic profiles to King International, while schools outside the Milwaukee School District, such as Whitefish Bay High and Shorewood High, have significantly higher academic performance. This suggests that factors beyond just funding, such as school climate, student engagement, and targeted support for underperforming groups, may be contributing to the challenges faced by King International and other schools in the district.

1,308

Students ?

18.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,774

Per pupil spending ?

67%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1801 W Olive St
Milwaukee, WI 53209-6840

(414) 267-0700

District: Milwaukee School District

Feeder schools for King International:

Elementary:	Academy of Accelerated Learning
	Alcott Elementary
	Allen-Field Elementary
	Auer Avenue Elementary
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	Barbee Elementary
	Barton Elementary
	Bay View Montessori School
	Bethune Academy
	Brown Street Academy
	Browning Elementary
	Bruce Elementary
	Bryant Elementary
	Burbank Elementary
	Burdick Elementary
	Carson Academy
	Carver Academy
	Cass Street Elementary
	Clarke Street Elementary
	Clemens Elementary
	Clement Avenue Elementary
	Congress Elementary
	Cooper Elementary
	Craig Montessori School
	Curtin Elementary
	Doerfler Elementary
	Eighty-First Street Elementary
	Elm Creative Arts Elementary
	Emerson Elementary
	Engleburg Elementary
	Fairview Elementary
	Fernwood Montessori
	Fifty-Third Street Elementary
	Forest Home Elementary
	Franklin Elementary
	Fratney Elementary
	Gaenslen Elementary
	Garland Elementary
	Goodrich Elementary
	Grantosa Drive Elementary
	Greenfield Bilingual
	Hampton Elementary
	Hartford Avenue Elementary
	Hawthorne Elementary
	Hayes Bilingual School
	High-Mount Elementary
	Holmes Elementary
	Honey Creek Elementary
	Hopkins Lloyd Community School
	Humboldt Park Elementary
	Jackson Elementary
	Kagel Elementary
	Keefe Avenue Elementary
	Kilbourn Elementary
	King Junior Elementary
	Kluge Elementary
	LaFollette Elementary
	Lancaster Elementary
	Lincoln Avenue Elementary
	Longfellow Elementary
	Lowell International Elementary
	Manitoba Elementary
	Maple Tree Elementary
	Maryland Montessori
	Metcalfe Elementary
	Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language
	Milwaukee French Immersion
	Milwaukee German Immersion
	Milwaukee Parkside School
	Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary
	Milwaukee Spanish Immersion
	Mitchell Elementary
	Morgandale Elementary
	Neeskara Elementary
	Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary
	Parkview Elementary
	Pratt Elementary
	Riley Dual Language Montessori School
	River Trail School of Agricultural Science
	Riverwest Elementary
	Rogers Street Academy
	Sherman Elementary
	Siefert Elementary
	Starms Discovery
	Starms Early Childhood
	Story Elementary
	Stuart Elementary
	Thoreau Elementary
	Thurston Woods Elementary
	Townsend Street Elementary
	Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies
	U S Grant School
	Victory Elementary
	Vieau Elementary
	Westside Academy
	Whitman Elementary
	Whittier Elementary
	Zablocki Elementary
Middle:	Audubon Technology and Communication Middle
	King International Baccalaureate Middle
	Lincoln Middle
	Morse Mid
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	Roosevelt Middle
	Wedgewood Park School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

60.9%

Hispanic:

14.4%

Asian:

10.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 28th percentile in 2013 → 13th in 2025

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Milwaukee School District

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (33% vs 46% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (38% vs 17% Wisconsin)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school33%

District avg20%

Wisconsin avg46%

373^rd of 431

Wisconsin public high schools ?

Bottom 13%▼ down 26 pts since 2015

From bottom 40% (2015) to bottom 13% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 13High Schools in the Milwaukee School District

415^th of 426Milwaukee School District among Wisconsin districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	373 of 431	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	378 of 431	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.5	353 of 415	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	39.9	239 of 391	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	43.7	217 of 390	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.8	243 of 400	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.0	229 of 410	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	53.8	280 of 466	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2014	54.5	243 of 462	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	43.6	327 of 457	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	62.1	203 of 452	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2011	62.2	202 of 445	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2010	52.2	304 of 450	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	62.2	182 of 438	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2008	39.5	349 of 437	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	58.4	173 of 281	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	64.6	127 of 292	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2005	56.1	172 of 287	40.1%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	52.2	12 of 26	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.6	13 of 26	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.9	7 of 13	46.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	69.0	6 of 20	70.0%	★★★★☆
2021	37.1	10 of 12	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	87.3	1 of 18	94.4%	★★★★★
2018	65.5	7 of 20	65.0%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	37.9	37 of 57	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.2	24 of 51	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	20.5	40 of 50	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.6	36 of 48	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.8	31 of 44	29.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.9	25 of 51	51.0%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2019	27.4	26 of 32	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	13.5	327 of 358	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	333 of 353	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.3	317 of 329	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	299 of 343	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.9	224 of 332	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.9	227 of 343	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.3	252 of 355	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	71.7	29 of 126	77.0%	★★★★☆
2024	40.4	71 of 119	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	17.5	88 of 97	9.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	56.7	39 of 86	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	61.2	25 of 68	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.0	30 of 86	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.8	23 of 76	69.7%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	30.5	256 of 335	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.7	243 of 326	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.9	235 of 271	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	52.5	100 of 250	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	38.2	139 of 226	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.0	140 of 251	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.6	94 of 255	63.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	310 of 380	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.4	255 of 365	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.8	208 of 359	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	59.2	119 of 347	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	50.4	161 of 334	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.5	218 of 354	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.2	150 of 373	59.8%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	28.5	64 of 81	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	60.5	24 of 71	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.4	18 of 56	67.9%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2023	18.5	53 of 55	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	81.9	42 of 285	85.3%	★★★★☆
2024	83.1	31 of 300	89.7%	★★★★☆
2023	81.9	35 of 271	87.1%	★★★★☆
2022	93.6	12 of 269	95.5%	★★★★★
2021	97.1	5 of 266	98.1%	★★★★★
2019	96.3	9 of 266	96.6%	★★★★★
2018	89.7	25 of 261	90.4%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)85th percentile+72 vs school

Hispanic (2025)77th percentile+64 vs school

African American (2025)54th percentile+40 vs school

Asian (2025)35th percentile+22 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)24th percentile+10 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)21st percentile+8 vs school

Disabled (2019)19th percentile-20 vs school

Male (2025)18th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)9th percentile-5 vs school

Special Education (2023)4th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts41%-8 vs state

Science31%-12 vs state

Social Studies30%-17 vs state

Mathematics28%-15 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Saturday, August 20, 2022

Alumni here, and I just want to say that this school prepared me for the real world. Close Quote

by a citizen
Friday, January 30, 2009

Execellent IB High School that has a rigerous Academic prgramme. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)			Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)			Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)		Forward Exam Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT English Language Arts 10th Grade	ACT Mathematics 10th Grade	ACT Science 10th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 10th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
King International	Public	9-12	1801 W Olive St	Milwaukee	53209	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 267-0700	1,308	72	18.1	67.0%	124 (9.5%)	796 (60.9%)	188 (14.4%)	142 (10.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (4.3%)	19.5	373^rd of 431 public high schools	13.5%		20.6	378^th of 431 public high schools	12.3%	5	40.9	27.7	31.1								30.3		$13,774	$2,015	$11,759
Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	4030 N 29th St	Milwaukee	53216	Milwaukee County	Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 873-4014	608	10	60.8	78.9%	2 (0.3%)	584 (96.1%)	14 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)								(n/a)				20.6	30.8	19.4	20.6	25.6	6.5	16.1	6.0	6.5	$14,911	$3,601	$11,311
NOVA-Northwest Opportunities Vocational Academy	Public	9-12	2320 W Burleigh St	Milwaukee	53206	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 874-0283	104	6	17.3	94.2%	0 (0.0%)	96 (92.3%)	5 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.9%)								(n/a)											20.0		$16,011	$1,965	$14,046
ASSATA High	Public	9-12	3517 W Courtland Ave	Milwaukee	53209	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 345-6113	78	3	27.4	92.3%	0 (0.0%)	71 (91.0%)	6 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)								(n/a)											0.0		$14,507	$1,978	$12,529
Banner Preparatory School of Milwaukee	Public	6-12	3517A W Courtland Ave	Milwaukee	53209	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 461-9561	49	3	16.3	89.8%	1 (2.0%)	46 (93.9%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)								(n/a)													$39,651	$2,834	$36,816
DOC: Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Cent er	Public	7-12	2825 N 30th St	Milwaukee	53210	Milwaukee County	Wisconsin Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(414) 874-1600	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
North Division High	Public	9-12	1011 W Center St	Milwaukee	53206	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 267-4900	346	28	12.4	91.3%	9 (2.6%)	313 (90.5%)	14 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.9%)								(n/a)											2.2		$18,141	$2,935	$15,206
Whitefish Bay High	Public	9-12	1200 E Fairmount Ave	Whitefish Bay	53217	Milwaukee County	Whitefish Bay School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 963-3928	945	59	16.0		685 (72.5%)	65 (6.9%)	69 (7.3%)	52 (5.5%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	69 (7.3%)	99	1^st of 431 public high schools	99.8%		99.1	2^nd of 431 public high schools	99.5%	1	88.3	79.6	81.3								84.8		$12,318	$358	$11,960
Shorewood High	Public	9-12	1701 E Capitol Dr	Shorewood	53211	Milwaukee County	Shorewood School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 963-6921	589	42	14.1	16.8%	388 (65.9%)	61 (10.4%)	59 (10.0%)	41 (7.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.6%)	90.1	27^th of 431 public high schools	93.7%		80.4	54^th of 431 public high schools	87.5%	27	72.5	63.8	68.1								64.1		$15,717	$383	$15,334
New Horizons for Learning	Public, Charter	9-12	1701 E Capitol Dr	Shorewood	53211	Milwaukee County	Shorewood School District	Yes	No	No	No	(414) 963-6921	22	1	18.3	18.2%	15 (68.2%)	2 (9.1%)	2 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (13.6%)								(n/a)		57.1											$11,721	$331	$11,390

Frequently Asked Questions about King International

How many students attend King International?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,308 students attended King International.

What district is King International in?

Milwaukee School District

Is King International a good school?

King International ranks in the bottom 13.5% of Wisconsin high schools.

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What is the racial makeup of King International?

Students at King International are 61% African American, 14% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% White, 4% Two or more races.

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