John Marshall High School (Wisconsin)
Public high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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John Marshall High School is a public high school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States). John Marshall is part of the Milwaukee Public Schools. Formerly a junior-senior high school, the 7th and 8th grades were dropped in 1979 to expand the growing senior high.[2] Recently, the school was redesigned into three divisions: Marshall Montessori IB High School, High School of Sports Education and Employment, and Foster & Williams Visual Communication Campus. As of 2009, the school merged with Samuel Morse Middle School for the Gifted and Talented to form Samuel J. Morse ● John Marshall School for the Gifted & Talented.
| Milwaukee Marshall High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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4141 North 64th Street , 53216 | |
| 43.093095°N 87.993317°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
School district | Milwaukee Public Schools |
Principal | Barry Applewhite |
Teaching staff | 44.78 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12[1] |
| Enrollment | 639[1] (2024-2025) |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.27[1] |
| Color | |
| Team name | Eagles |
| Website | Official Website |
Incidents
In August 2021 the school announced new safety measures after several days of cars driving on sidewalks and lawns at dismissal time.[3]
Athletics
Demographics
John Marshall High School's demographics as of 2017–2018 were:[1]
- 0.1% Native American/Alaska Native, 1 student
- 6.2% Asian, 50 students
- 85.0% Black, 681 students
- 2.6% Hispanic, 21 students
- 0% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 0 students
- 4.5% White, 36 students
- 1.5% Two or more race, 12 students
Notable graduates
- Michael J. Barber, engineer and Chief Diversity Officer of General Electric[6]
- Mandela Barnes, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, former state legislator
- David Berger, Wisconsin state senator[7]
- David Cullen, Wisconsin state representative and county supervisor
- Floyd Heard, Olympic sprinter[8]
- Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe columnist and 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist[9]
- Warren Kozak, writer and journalist [10]
- Shirley Krug, Wisconsin state representative, first woman to become a Democratic Party floor leader in the Wisconsin Legislature
- Mona Sutphen, lobbyist, foreign service officer and White House aide under Clinton and Obama[11]
- Mike Taylor, NBA Player
- George Tillman Jr., filmmaker and television producer[12]
- Sheldon Wasserman, Wisconsin state legislator and physician