List of former schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Last updated February 09, 2023

This is a list of former schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.^[1]

Colleges and universities

Dominican College of Racine, Racine
Holy Redeemer College, Waterford
Mt. St. Paul College, Waukesha

High schools

St. Benedict the Moor High School was established in 1935 by Fr. Philip Steffes, OFM Cap, the pastor of St. Benedict the Moor Parish, a mostly African American community.^[2] It served both boarding and day high school students, many of whom came from St. Benedict the Moor Elementary School, the other parish school. Demographic changes and the construction of an expressway during the 1960s caused the parish membership and its schools' enrollment to severely decline. St. Benedict the Moor High School closed in 1964.^[2]

St. Bonaventure High School, Sturtevant
St. Francis de Sales High School, St. Francis
St. John Cathedral High School, Milwaukee
St. John School for the Deaf, St. Francis
St. Mary's Academy, St. Francis

Middle schools

San Juan Diego Middle School, Racine

Elementary schools

St. Adalbert School, South Milwaukee
St. Agnes Elementary School, Milwaukee
St. Albert School, Milwaukee
All Saints School, Milwaukee (merger of St. Casimir and St. Mary Czestocowa Schools)
Alverno Elementary School, Milwaukee
St. Anne School, Milwaukee
St. Barbara's Elementary School, Milwaukee
St. Benedict the Moore Elementary School, Milwaukee
St. Benedict the Moor Elementary School was established in 1912 by Fr. Stephen Eckert, OFM Cap, the pastor of St. Benedict the Moor Parish, a mostly African American community. It served both boarding and day high school students. By 1935, there were 141 boarders and 130 day students (99% of whom were not Catholic), and a faculty of 22 Racine Dominican Sisters.^[2] The boarding school program was ended in 1954 at the request of the nuns, who could no longer service it.^[2] Demographic changes and the construction of an expressway during the 1960s caused the parish membership and its schools' enrollment to severely decline.^[2] St. Benedict the Moor Elementary School closed in 1967 after losing half its property to the expressway.^[2]
St. Boniface School, Milwaukee
St. Casimir School, Milwaukee
St. Casimir School was established by Fr. Giles Tarasiewicz, the first pastor of the newly created Polish St. Casimir Parish.^[3] He and other parishioners set out to address their largest concern: the lack of a parochial school to educate the parish's many youth.^[3] The building was designed by architect Henry Messmer and was constructed from 1893-1894.^[3] The building is three stories tall, built of cream brick in the Victorian Romanesque Revival style with a hip roof and asphalt shingles.^[3] It opened for classes in 1894, and also housed the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who taught at the school, as well as holding Sunday Masses in its gymnasium.^[3] The school population continued to increase in size along with the parish, so in 1910 two-story cream brick addition was added to the back of the building, designed by Herman J. Esser.^[3] Starting in the 1950s, the parish and school began seeing a decline in population. St. Casimir School was closed in the 1970s due to declining enrollment and a lack of teachers.^[3]
St. Casimir School, Racine
Corpus Christi Catholic School, Milwaukee
St. Elizabeth Elementary School, Milwaukee
St. Francis of Assisi School, Milwaukee
St. Frederick Elementary School, Cudahy
St. Gall's School, Milwaukee
St. Hedwig School, Milwaukee
St. Hedwig School was built in 1889 and was staffed by the School Sisters of Notre Dame until its closure.^[4]
Holy Angels Elementary School, Milwaukee
Holy Assumption School, West Allis
Holy Cross School, Belgium
Holy Family School, Cudahy
Holy Name School, Racine
Holy Redeemer School, Milwaukee
Holy Rosary School, Milwaukee
Holy Spirit Grade School, Milwaukee
Holy Trinity School, Milwaukee
St. John's Catholic Grade School, South Milwaukee
St. John de Nepomuc Elementary School, Milwaukee
St. John de Nepomuc Elementary School was established in 1927 and served the children of parishioners of the Bohemian and German-speaking St. John de Nepomuc Parish.^[5] It opened with four classrooms and was staffed by School Sisters of Notre Dame.^[5] This soon became too crowded, and in 1955, a new school building opened to hold the burgeoning number of pupils.^[5] By the 1980s, the St. John's was thriving, but the parish was struggling to pay its bills and was being subsidized by the school.^[5] In 1985 the Archdiocese demoted St. John's parish to a chapel, and closed the school for good.^[5]
St. Joseph School, Cudahy
St. Joseph School, Fond du Lac
St. Lawrence School, Milwaukee
St. Malachy School, Horicon
St. Mary School, Fond du Lac
St. Mary School, Sheboygan Falls
St. Mary School, South Milwaukee
St. Mary Czestochowa School, Milwaukee
Mary, Queen of Martyrs School, Milwaukee
St. Matthew School, Milwaukee
St. Matthias School, Nenno
St. Michael School, Milwaukee
Mother of Perpetual Help School, Milwaukee
Mother of Sorrows School, Little Kohler
St. Nicholas School, Milwaukee
Our Lady of Sorrows School, Milwaukee
St. Patrick School, Fond du Lac
St. Peter School, St. Peter
St. Philip Neri School, Milwaukee
St. Rita School, Milwaukee
St. Rose of Lima School, Fredonia
St. Rose School, Racine
Sacred Heart School, Allenton
St. Stanislaus School, Racine
St. Stephen Martyr School, Milwaukee
St. Sylvester School, South Milwaukee
St. Thomas Aquinas School, Milwaukee

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[1] "Archdiocese of Milwaukee | Closed School Transcripts". www.archmil.org. Retrieved 2015-11-07.

[:0-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "History | St Ben's Parish". www.stbensparishmilwaukee.org. Retrieved 2015-11-07.

[:1-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Unable to locate requested page". www.city.milwaukee.gov. Retrieved 2015-11-07.

[4] "About - Three Holy Women Catholic Parish". www.threeholywomenparish.org. Retrieved 2015-11-07.

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