John Marshall High School (Wisconsin)

John Marshall High School is a public high school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States). John Marshall is part of the Milwaukee Public School system. 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
4141 North 64th Street

Milwaukee
,
Wisconsin
53216

United States
Coordinates43.093095°N 87.993317°W / 43.093095; -87.993317
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtMilwaukee School District
PrincipalBarry Applewhite
Faculty55.40 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12[1]
Enrollment801[1] (2017-2018)
Student to teacher ratio14.46[1]
Color(s)              
Team nameEagles
WebsiteOfficial Website

Athletics

The school's mascot is the Eagles and the colors are Columbia Blue and Scarlet. The Marshall Eagles have several sports teams including:[3]

The boys cross country team won a state championship in 1970.[4]

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

References
  1. "Marshall High". School Directory Information. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. http://www.marshall78.com/alumniassoc.htm#history
  3. "Athletics", John Marshall High School
  4. 2019 State Cross Country Meet Souvenir Program. Wisconsin Rapids, WI: Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. November 2, 2019. p. 27.
  5. "Berger, David G 1946" Wisconsin Historical Society
  6. "Floyd Heard" USA Track & Field
  7. Sensat Waldren, Julie. "Where I’m From: Oprah, Frank Caliendo, Gene Wilder, Tony Romo. 30 celebrities remember growing up here" Milwaukee Magazine August 25, 2008 Archived December 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Kozak, Warren. "A Parent's Education: The foibles of progressive schooling prompt a search for a better alternative" Wisconsin Interest Volume 19, No. 1 (March 2010)
  9. Associated Press "Illinois/Wisconsin Briefs: Sutphen to play role in administration" Dubuque Telegraph Herald November 30, 2008.
  10. Causey, James E. "Filmmaker focuses on black experience" Milwaukee Sentinel June 22, 1992


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