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Racine Unified School District is a public school district in Wisconsin, based in Racine County (Racine). SchoolGrade grades 26 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Racine Unified School District on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Racine Unified School District
23 of 26 schools in Racine Unified School District carry a SchoolGrade (3 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
C: 5D: 7F: 11
Best schools in Racine Unified School District
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- C+ Jefferson Lighthouse Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C Gifford School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C Rusd Montessori (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C Walden Iii High (High school, meets expectations)
- C- O Brown Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D+ Gilmore Fine Arts School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D+ Red Apple Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- D Case High (High school, meets expectations)
- D Schulte Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D- Starbuck An Ib World School (Middle school, underperforms expectations)
Every school in Racine Unified School District
High schools (4)
- D Case High, Racine
- D- Horlick High, Racine
- F Park High, Racine
- C Walden Iii High, Racine
Elementary and primary schools (13)
- Bull Early Education Center, Racine
- F Fratt Elementary, Racine
- C+ Jefferson Lighthouse Elementary, Racine
- F Johnson Elementary, Racine
- F Jones Elementary, Racine
- F Julian Thomas Elementary, Racine
- F Knapp Elementary, Racine
- C- O Brown Elementary, Racine
- D+ Red Apple Elementary, Racine
- F Roosevelt Elementary, Racine
- D Schulte Elementary, Sturtevant
- D- Wadewitz Elementary, Racine
- F West Ridge Elementary, Racine
Other schools and academies (9)
- All District 4 Year Old Kindergarten, Racine
- C Gifford School, Racine
- D+ Gilmore Fine Arts School, Racine
- F Jerstad Agerholm School, Racine
- F Mitchell School, Racine
- F Racine Alternative Learning, Racine
- C Rusd Montessori, Racine
- D- Starbuck An Ib World School, Racine
- The Real Sch, Sturtevant
Where Racine Unified School District schools are
Cities and towns served (2)
- Racine (24)
- Sturtevant (2)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Wisconsin
- County: Racine County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: small city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 15,963 students with 1,335 full-time-equivalent teachers and 2,700 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 5512360
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District (11 schools, 9 mi)
- South Milwaukee School District (6 schools, 11 mi)
- Kenosha School District (42 schools, 12 mi)
- Franklin Public School District (7 schools, 12 mi)
- Cudahy School District (6 schools, 14 mi)
- Greendale School District (6 schools, 15 mi)
- Saint Francis School District (3 schools, 15 mi)
- Greenfield School District (6 schools, 16 mi)
Questions about Racine Unified School District
How many schools are in Racine Unified School District?
SchoolGrade grades 26 public schools in Racine Unified School District, across 2 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Racine Unified School District serve?
The largest by graded schools: Racine, Sturtevant.
How good are the schools in Racine Unified School District?
Across the 23 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D-, with 15.6% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 19.9%. 35% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Racine Unified School District?
15,963 students were enrolled in Racine Unified School District in the 2023-24 school year, about 12.0 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Racine Unified School District?
Racine Unified School District is in Wisconsin, based in Racine County, with its district office in Racine. Its boundary covers about 100 sq mi.