Racine Sun

There were 4,134 Black students enrolled in Racine County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Racine County welcomed 25,052 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 16.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 52 schools in Racine County, Case High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 459 students.

According to the Nation’s Report Card 2022 results, Black fourth-graders in Wisconsin scored an average of 40 points lower than their white colleagues in both Math and Reading.

Data also showed that Black students were three times as likely to fail the Reading test than white pupils in the state. The gap is even larger in Mathematics, with Black students failing five times more than white students.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
All District 4 Year Old Kindergarten	27.9%	136
Bull Early Education Center	29.4%	323
Burlington High School	1.2%	1,029
Case High School	24.4%	1,884
Cooper Elementary School	3.7%	325
Dr. Edward G. Dyer School	0.3%	398
Evergreen Elementary School	0.3%	314
Fox River Middle School	0.2%	478
Fratt Elementary School	34.8%	448
Gifford School	6%	1,411
Gilmore Fine Arts School	16%	695
Horlick High School	27%	1,340
Jefferson Lighthouse Elementary School	19.7%	421
Jerstad-Agerholm School	36.3%	899
Johnson Elementary School	31.1%	454
Jones Elementary School	27.5%	149
Julian Thomas Elementary School	39.9%	571
Kansasville Elementary School	2.3%	86
Knapp Elementary School	44.3%	454
Lakeview Elementary School	1%	299
Mitchell Middle School	30.4%	1,083
Nettie E. Karcher School	1.7%	600
O. Brown Elementary School	8.4%	463
Park High School	31.1%	1,038
RUSD Montessori	10.2%	325
Racine Alternative Learning	39.5%	560
Raymond Elementary School	0.5%	428
Red Apple Elementary School	20.9%	283
Roosevelt Elementary School	27%	215
Schulte Elementary School	16.6%	313
Starbuck - an IB World School	20.4%	509
The REAL School	14.4%	557
Trailside Elementary School	0.9%	338
Union Grove Elementary School	1.4%	902
Union Grove High School	0.9%	1,045
Wadewitz Elementary School	29.1%	546
Walden III High School	10.8%	715
Waller Elementary School	1.4%	286
Washington Elementary School	1.6%	194
Waterford High School	1%	952
West Ridge Elementary School	46.7%	390
Woodfield Elementary School	1.8%	333
Yorkville Elementary School	0.2%	460