Whitnall High School

I attended Whitnall Middle School and Whitnall High School, after coming from a Milwaukee Public school. There is a strong lack of culture, and I found that the math program poorly prepared me for college. I was an A-student and excelled in mathematics, and without being in the AP math program, college-level mathematics was extremely difficult to transition to. I had great mathematics teachers (great), but the program's pace was TOO slow, and it focused too heavily on the students that needed to catch up. College was a major reality check, and I was utterly unprepared. I also did not find myself challenged enough. If you do not get into AP and accelerated courses early enough, be aware of what's up ahead. A few teachers, however, went out of their way for me and engaged me in somewhat of their own time and really engaged me in ways that the classes alone were not. This is a great commendation of the teachers, however -- not the curriculum or the school.
—Submitted by a student

My daughter went to high school here and graduated last year. She is now on her first year of college and feels she was not prepared at all for all the work college entails. I am concerned they do not do enough to get them ready for college.
—Submitted by a parent

My experience at Whitnall has been far from beneficial. Coming from a private middle school I found I learned more my 8th grade year than I have now on my senior year. The administration is very selective on who they decide to punish and very lenient when it comes to skipping classes and not recieving punishment. I would suggest any other school BUT whitnall. It was a complete waste of time.
—Submitted by a student

I am very fortunate to have gone to this high school. My mother worked so hard for me to keep my grades up. I have autism and my parent's worked well with the Special Education staff to keep thing running smooth. the vocational support has been awesome. And the student body from athletes to everyone in general were wonderful to me. It has helped me with a lot of thing's in life from saving my money to working hard at my job, Whitnall... I salute you! I highly recomend this high school to anyone who has a child with autism and any cognetive disabilty.
—Submitted by Lee Passehl, a former student

I graduated from Whitnall and moved into the school district so my kids could now go here. The acedemics are amazing and the teachers were absolutely the best. The transition fro High School to College was very easy with the knowledge I gained from the programs at Whitnall. The sports were top notch too, but never took priority over school work. I would reccomend this school for any and every student if I could.
—Submitted by Jason, a parent