Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School

Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School (RWR) is a high school located at 4965 South 20th Street in the Town of Lake neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It is a part of Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS).

Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School
Location
4965 S 20th St Milwaukee , Wisconsin United States
Information
School type	Public High school
Motto	One mission, one vision, one focus: IB
Established	2003 (2003)
School district	Milwaukee Public Schools
Superintendent	Keith P. Posley
Principal	Mike Roemer
Grades	9 through 12
Enrollment	1,349 (2023-2024)[1]
Campus size	13.118 Acres
Color(s)
Mascot	Husky
Website	www.ronaldreaganhs.org

Formerly known as Town of Lake College Preparatory High School, the school changed its name following the death of former President Ronald Reagan in June 2004. The renaming was approved by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors on September 29, 2004, with the official renaming ceremony taking place on June 3, 2005. Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School became an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. Reagan has an alternating day schedule. The system is known as an A Day and B day system to the students.

Notable Alumni

• Alec Marsh, current pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
• Darrin Madison, politician

History

Around 2004 it had 100 students. By 2010 it had 1,000 students, and so many students applied for admission that the school had a wait list.^[2] In the year of 2022, MPS breaks ground on multi-million dollar expansion at Reagan that would be split into three phases the first phase of the project is being funded by $9 million in federal emergency relief funds to help schools move forward from the pandemic. The first phase is also funded by private donors and other fundraising efforts.^[3]