Racine Sun

Among the many ethnicities represented in Racine County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Racine County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 25,052 students attending Racine County schools, 52% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 23.9% of Racine County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Racine County, representing 52% of the student body.

All District 4 Year Old Kindergarten had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 36% white students, 27.9% Black students, 23.5% Hispanic students, and 12.5% multiracial students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 3.3% compared to the previous year.

White students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnic group in Wisconsin. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

School name	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
All District 4 Year Old Kindergarten	White	36%	136
Bull Early Education Center	Hispanic	36.5%	323
Burlington High School	White	81%	1,029
Case High School	White	39.7%	1,884
Cooper Elementary School	White	73.5%	325
Dr. Edward G. Dyer School	White	87.2%	398
Drought Elementary School	White	80%	80
Evergreen Elementary School	White	90.5%	314
Fox River Middle School	White	88.7%	478
Fratt Elementary School	Hispanic	37.7%	448
Gifford School	White	65.7%	1,411
Gilmore Fine Arts School	White	40.3%	695
Horlick High School	Hispanic	34.1%	1,340
Jefferson Lighthouse Elementary School	White	35.9%	421
Jerstad-Agerholm School	Black	36.3%	899
Johnson Elementary School	Hispanic	46.5%	454
Jones Elementary School	Hispanic	47%	149
Julian Thomas Elementary School	Hispanic	48%	571
Kansasville Elementary School	White	77.9%	86
Knapp Elementary School	Black	44.3%	454
Lakeview Elementary School	White	90%	299
Mitchell Middle School	Hispanic	44.6%	1,083
Nettie E. Karcher School	White	77%	600
North Cape Elementary School	White	95.5%	201
O. Brown Elementary School	White	60.5%	463
Park High School	Hispanic	39%	1,038
RUSD Montessori	White	55.7%	325
Racine Alternative Learning	Black	39.5%	560
Raymond Elementary School	White	86%	428
Red Apple Elementary School	White	39.9%	283
Roosevelt Elementary School	Hispanic	36.7%	215
Schulte Elementary School	White	44.4%	313
Starbuck - an IB World School	Hispanic	37.5%	509
The REAL School	White	53%	557
Trailside Elementary School	White	87%	338
Union Grove Elementary School	White	83.3%	902
Union Grove High School	White	88.3%	1,045
Wadewitz Elementary School	Hispanic	44.9%	546
Walden III High School	White	56.9%	715
Waller Elementary School	White	77.6%	286
Washington Elementary School	White	90.7%	194
Waterford High School	White	87%	952
West Ridge Elementary School	Black	46.7%	390
Winkler Elementary School	White	91%	122
Woodfield Elementary School	White	89.8%	333
Yorkville Elementary School	White	82.2%	460