The Lake City Conference was formed in 2021 by nine private and charter schools in the
Milwaukee metropolitan area. Seven of these schools were located in
Milwaukee (
Cristo Rey Jesuit,
Early View Academy,
Eastbrook Academy,
Salam,
St. Anthony,
St. Augustine Prep and
Tenor/Veritas) and two were located outside of the city (
Chesterton Academy in
Menomonee Falls and
University Lake School in
Hartland). Six of the nine original members were formerly affiliated with the
Indian Trails Conference, another conference of mostly private schools in southeastern Wisconsin. Due to the small size of some of the member schools, there are several schools that have
cooperative agreements for interscholastic athletics. The Lake City Conference has grown at a steady pace since it was inaugurated.
St. Joan Antida, an
all-girls high school on the south side of Milwaukee, joined the Lake City Conference after its first season of competition. 2023 brought two new members to the Lake City Conference: Chesterton Academy and
Hmong American Peace Academy, both located in
Milwaukee. The next year, two schools exited the conference: Early View Academy (who rejoined the Indian Trails Conference) and Augustine Prep (currently an independent, joining the
Woodland Conference in 2026). In 2025,
Fuller Collegiate Academy, a charter school in Milwaukee, joined the Lake City Conference as its newest member. == List of conference members ==