Summary
King International is a grades 9–12 high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, enrolling 1,308 students at 1801 W Olive St in the Milwaukee School District. It is the largest school among its nearby comparison group. The district overall ranks 418th of 432 in Wisconsin (3rd percentile, 0 stars), and King's own state rank in 2025–2026 is 422nd of 533 (21st percentile, 1 star). That reflects a partial recovery from the 12th–15th percentile range in 2022–2024, but it is still well below the 39th–47th percentile the school held in the 2010s and early 2020s.
Within its district peer group, King is the academic leader. Its 2025–2026 10th-grade proficiency is above the Milwaukee district and every same-district nearby high school shown — including Riverside High and WHS Information Technology — yet it remains below the Wisconsin state average in all four subjects, by roughly 10–19 percentage points depending on subject. Against nearby suburban schools, the gap is wider: Whitefish Bay High and Shorewood High report proficiency in the 63–83% range. King's graduation rate is a strength at 94.3%, above the state's 92.0% and the district's 71.5%, with a low 0.5% dropout rate. Chronic absenteeism, however, is 38.2% — better than the district and most same-district peers, but more than double the state's 17.3% and far above Whitefish Bay's 3.1%.
King's overall rank masks uneven subgroup effectiveness. In 2025–2026, African American, English Language Learner, and White students ranked in the 77th–86th percentile, and Special Education students reached the 61st percentile, up sharply from the 4th percentile in 2022–2023. Female, male, and low-income students ranked lower, in the 19th–35th percentile. King spends less per student ($17,946) than most same-district nearby high schools and has a higher student-teacher ratio (18.1) than several, yet posts stronger outcomes than those peers.
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