Schools in Southeastern Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois
In the US, your home address usually decides your public school district. This guide explains how that works and where to find official data — we link to state report cards rather than publish our own rankings.
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How US school enrollment works by address
Most public schools enroll students based on the district their home is in, so choosing a house is also choosing a school district. Check a specific address with the district before you make an offer.
Where to find official school data
- Wisconsin: Department of Public Instruction school and district report cards.
- Illinois: the Illinois Report Card, published by the Illinois State Board of Education.
International and immersion schools in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Public Schools offer full immersion in French, German and Spanish, plus partial immersion in Italian.
Source: Milwaukee Public Schools
Milwaukee German Immersion School (pre-K–5) and Milwaukee School of Languages (6–12) are Goethe-Institut PASCH partner schools; Milwaukee School of Languages offers the DSD German exam.
Source: Goethe-Institut USA
Private schools in the Milwaukee area
A factual list, not a ranking. Each school runs its own admissions.
- University School of Milwaukee (River Hills)
- Brookfield Academy (Brookfield)
- Marquette University High School (Milwaukee)
- Divine Savior Holy Angels High School (Milwaukee)
- Pius XI Catholic High School (Milwaukee)
- Dominican High School (Whitefish Bay)
- Catholic Memorial High School (Waukesha)
- Wisconsin Lutheran High School (Milwaukee)
- Milwaukee Lutheran High School (Milwaukee)
- Thomas More High School (Milwaukee)
- Messmer High School (Milwaukee)
- Lake Country Lutheran High School (Hartland)
- The Prairie School (Racine)
- St. Catherine’s High School (Racine)
School districts in Lake County, Illinois
- Lake Forest SD 67 and Lake Forest CHSD 115
- Lake Bluff ESD 65
- North Shore SD 112 and Township HSD 113 (Highland Park, Deerfield)
- Deerfield SD 109
- Libertyville SD 70 and Libertyville-Vernon Hills CHSD 128
- Hawthorn CCSD 73 (Vernon Hills)
- Mundelein ESD 75, Diamond Lake SD 76, Fremont SD 79 and Mundelein CHSD 120
- Grayslake CCSD 46 and Grayslake CHSD 127
- Gurnee SD 56, Woodland CCSD 50 and Warren Township HSD 121
- Waukegan CUSD 60
- Antioch CCSD 34 and CHSD 117
- Barrington CUSD 220
- Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96, Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102, Lincolnshire-Prairie View SD 103 and Stevenson HSD 125
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