I taught at Rierside for many years and still volunteer there. I know the school well. Like many public schools around the nation, we are not funded as we should be. There are a variety of activities that students can be involved in and most of the teachers are very willing to provide help after school. The AP program is outstanding. Riverside has a charitable Foundation which awards scholarships to students who wish to continue their education. After this coming year, when the Milw. schools will be without a contract, MPS. will be hurt by the loss of bargining power/funding and thus many teachers and principals will be retiring.

I am VERY disappointed in this school. I did not receive a good education here. I remember being in a classroom and children constantly fighting and getting kicked put. I am not very happy with this school and something needs to be done. I have not learned ANYTHING. Here I am in my college year and a bunch of people constantly getting kicked out of the classroom and disrupting the classroom. I transferred to rufus king high school in my sophmore year and those students are more Harvard-type students and extremely intelligent. Even though rufus king's classroom have more than 35 students I still learned alot because there were students who were so focused on education. I think that rufus king id better than riverside, based on academics. This school is not as good as it seems.
—Submitted by a student

I would recommend this school, they are great!! I have two children that attend RUHS, one is in all honors classes and the other the special education program. The one in the honors classes went to Reagan and found it too easy since she has been going to RUHS it has been more of a challenge, which is a good thing, it makes her have to study!! As for the one in the special education she is doing great and the support is wonderful. I am proud to say that both are holding a 3.0 GPA and above and are both involved in sports. Keep up the good work!!!! Thank you from a proud parent.
—Submitted by a parent

I am very unhappy with riverside not a good school for any child to attend, they might say its a good school but parents keep looking. not et me wrong some teachers are wonderful in teaching and assisting students, but the qwuality of teacher and adm are very poor!
—Submitted by a parent

it's a great school to attend, with great opratunities.
—Submitted by a student

Riverside is a good school, but they seem to cater to the students with a higher financial background, even though those students are really on the same academic level as those with a lower financial background. Riverside pressures the students with un-neccassary fees. The faculty also tends to be more favorable to those students with a two-parent up-bringing. There are several single-parent students doing just as well, if not better, than numerous students with both parents in the home.
—Submitted by a parent

My daugher went to Riverside last year and thought it was okay however she preferred a smaller school. Riverside is in the top 1000 schools in the country according to Newsweek and their AP classes are second to none. Only 14 high schools in Wisconsin made that list. If your child is in the AP Honors track the school is amazing but if not, the school is average. Another parent said, if this is one of the gems in MPS...' Well, it Is a gem if you are in the college prep track. They actually have it where A students can go to The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for classes while still at Riverside for Free! No other school can feasibly do that. Riverside is right down the street from UWM. The problem is that many students are Not in the college bound track and have issues.
—Submitted by a parent

I am a Junior at Riverside and I there are pros and cons to it as there are in all schools. To start Riverside has a great sports department. There are several opportunities to meet new friends and stay out of trouble. However there are some cons to this school. First, the admissions to the school has dropped. There are many pros and cons to Riverside but you might want to take a closer look before you decide to come to this school of excellence. Just want to let you guys know the truth.
—Submitted by Saa, a student

I am a Junior here at riverside. I would reccommend Riverside if your child is going into excelled courses. These courses offer a great environment with great teachers and there is way more teaching than babysitting. Our excelled courses are great!
—Submitted by a student

I am currently a 16 year old junior student at RUHS.I must say that I am a bit dissapointed. When I applied to get into RUHS I thought it was the greatest thing ever to get accepted but today I find out that they let in mediocre below 2.5 GPA students and I think that's a disgrace if we are to be one of the top schools in our city. It is important that everyone gets a proper education but honestly...I have never seen so much failure to want to learn amongst my classmates. Our new principal is doing an okay job but I feel that locking our bathrooms and having to be escorted by secuirity is outrageous. I appreciate RUHS very much, students are what makes the school but they are deteriorating it slowly. I recommend this school for its teachers and classes but not otherwise.
—Submitted by a staff

I am not a parent, but have recently graduated from their and am actively involved in the education of my younger school age cousins and siblings. I would like to point out that there are good teachers at the school. If only they would be allowed to teach and not have to babsit then maybe it would be a school worth recommending, but until then I would not recommend this school to anyone. If this is one of the better schools in MPS I don't even want to know how bad the other schools are.
—Submitted by a former student

This school is supposedly one of the 'gems' in the Milwaukee Public School District. As one who works in the district I can assure you that it is anything but a quality school. The athletic programs are profoundly weak. Discipline is inconsistent.
—Submitted by a staff