NCES CCD 2024-25 26 schools WI

Best-Resourced Schools in Racine, WI

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26 public K-12 schools in Racine from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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26
Schools
16,164
Students
34/100
Avg Resource Index
12.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Racine has more public-school enrollment than 90% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Racine's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

18 of Racine's 26 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Racine's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 22nd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 80th percentile. The 58-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 10%
School count
Top 10%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
80th percentile

Racine school enrollment varies 58× across entities

Racine school enrollment ranges from 32 students (lowest) to 1,856 students (highest), a spread of 1,824 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Racine reports 62.2% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Racine student-teacher ratio is 12.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Racine Alternative Learning 54
2. Case High 50
3. Horlick High 48
4. Jones Elementary 48
5. Jerstad-Agerholm School 45
6. Gifford School 44
7. Mitchell School 44
8. Park High 43
9. Gilmore Fine Arts School 43
10. Walden Iii High 42
11. All District 4 Year Old Kindergarten 39
12. Starbuck - an Ib World School 34
13. 21st Century Preparatory School 34
14. Bull Early Education Center 30
15. Racine Youthful Offender Warren Young High 30
16. Fratt Elementary 26
17. Jefferson Lighthouse Elementary 25
18. Red Apple Elementary 25
19. O Brown Elementary 24
20. Rusd Montessori 24
21. Roosevelt Elementary 24
22. Julian Thomas Elementary 23
23. West Ridge Elementary 23
24. Wadewitz Elementary 22
25. Knapp Elementary 22
26. Johnson Elementary 19

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Racine

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Starbuck - an Ib World School 74.1/100
  2. 2 Bull Early Education Center 72.3/100
  3. 3 Red Apple Elementary 72.3/100
  4. 4 Roosevelt Elementary 72.0/100
  5. 5 Gilmore Fine Arts School 71.7/100

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Which Racine school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Racine Alternative Learning has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Racine schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Racine, WI? ▼

Racine has 26 public schools with a total enrollment of 16,164 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.