Admissions

Prospective Students
We welcome prospective students who are committed to excellence. Check us out!

School Tour
Learn More About Riverside
"The School That Has It All"
8th Grade Open House

Why Choose Riverside?
We are very proud that we are one of the few comprehensive high schools in Milwaukee Public Schools. We believe in high expectations and rigorous curriculum.
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Returning Students
Each spring counselors work with our students to program them for the next school year. Prior to returning to school, tenative schedules are distributed, ID and yearbook pictures are taken, registrations forms are completed and students are assigned their textbooks. Both staff and students are ready to learn on the first day of school!

Textbook Distribution
Textbooks are distributed through our bookstore.

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Required Forms
Emergency Contact Card
Weapons Policy
Internet Policy

Student Handbook
Each student receives a handbook.

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Lockers
A student locker is provided by the school for the convenience of the student.

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Riverside University High School offers a rigorous university preparatory program. Honors/Advanced Placement (AP) classes are offered. Qualified juniors and seniors may enroll in classes for credit at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Riverside's AP program is larger and more inclusive than any other MPS high school. Riverside is a Project Lead The Way Engineering and Gilder Lehrman US History high school. A Bilingual program is offered. Students living north of Oklahoma Ave. or south of Hampton Ave. receive MCTS bus passes. Students living south of Oklahoma Ave. or north of Hampton Avenue receive yellow bus service.