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name: "John Greenleaf Whittier School"
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status: unknown
url: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/john-greenleaf-whittier-school-8c9d77
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# John Greenleaf Whittier School

Schools in Town of Lake, Milwaukee.

Status: Unknown. No license in force or recent check on file.

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 4382 S 3rd St, Milwaukee, 53207 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=42.964574&lng=-87.9135957) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | +1-414-294-1400 | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | [mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/Schools/Whittier-School.htm](https://mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/Schools/Whittier-School.htm) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [OpenStreetMap way/437347642](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/437347642) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## What the record says

John Greenleaf Whittier School is on OpenStreetMap at 4382 S 3rd St, Milwaukee. It is not yet a listed place; a Neighborhood Mayor or the editor can nominate it. [Inclusion rule](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/inclusion-rule.md)

## The building

Use this to decide whether the building is worth a look for its history: when it went up, what the City records it as, and which historic registers list it.

School.

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Use | School | City property file | 2026-11-02 |

## Getting there

Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go.

Bus:

- GreenLine at Howell & Van Norman, a 5-minute walk (364 m)
- GreenLine at Howell & Bolivar, a 5-minute walk (384 m)

Source: [Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed](https://www.ridemcts.com/policies/developer-terms), checked November 1, 2026. Schedule data updated July 21, 2026, valid through December 5, 2026. Little Milwaukee is not sponsored or operated by MTS or MCTS.

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## Sources and record

Datasets:

- [OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright): Open Data Commons Open Database License \(ODbL\) 1.0
- [City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\)](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/mprop): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\)

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 4382 South 3rd Street, Milwaukee, WI 53207 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Building use | School, land use code 8211 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 42.96457, -87.91360 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | John Greenleaf Whittier School | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm category | amenity=school | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm id | way/437347642 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | +1-414-294-1400 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | https://mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/Schools/Whittier-School.htm | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Zip | 53207 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-02.

Record id: 8c9d77b2-5080-4725-b488-e71fbcf19e69

Forms: [HTML](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/john-greenleaf-whittier-school-8c9d77), [markdown](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/john-greenleaf-whittier-school-8c9d77.md), [JSON](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/john-greenleaf-whittier-school-8c9d77.json).

## For agents

John Greenleaf Whittier School \(schools in Town of Lake, Milwaukee\) is at 4382 S 3rd St, Milwaukee, 53207. It is not a listed place, and its status is unknown \(No license in force or recent check on file\).

JSON: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/john-greenleaf-whittier-school-8c9d77.json

Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"john-greenleaf-whittier-school-8c9d77"}; get_record {"id":"8c9d77b2-5080-4725-b488-e71fbcf19e69"}; getting_there {"lat":"42.964574","lng":"-87.9135957"}.

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