Racine Sun

There were 3,962 Black students enrolled in Racine County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Racine County schools welcomed 24,614 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 16.1% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 428 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
All District 4 Year Old Kindergarten	33.1%	136
Bull Early Education Center	31%	339
Burlington High School	1.2%	937
Case High School	23.2%	1,845
Cooper Elementary School	2.5%	483
Dr. Edward G. Dyer School	0.5%	198
Evergreen Elementary School	0.7%	309
Fox River Middle School	0.4%	489
Fratt Elementary School	33.9%	449
Gifford School	6.2%	1,408
Gilmore Fine Arts School	17.5%	725
Horlick High School	29.4%	1,281
Jefferson Lighthouse Elementary School	22.2%	433
Jerstad-Agerholm School	35.6%	865
Johnson Elementary School	27.4%	530
Julian Thomas Elementary School	34.9%	547
Knapp Elementary School	44.4%	448
Lakeview Elementary School	1.9%	309
Mitchell Middle School	28.7%	1,093
Nettie E. Karcher School	1.9%	622
North Cape Elementary School	1.5%	197
O. Brown Elementary School	8.4%	526
Park High School	31%	1,150
RUSD Montessori	9.4%	350
Racine Alternative Learning	34.2%	360
Raymond Elementary School	0.5%	410
Red Apple Elementary School	22.8%	289
Roosevelt Elementary School	25.6%	219
Schulte Elementary School	17%	335
Starbuck - an IB World School	25.8%	497
The REAL School	11.6%	543
Trailside Elementary School	0.6%	330
Union Grove Elementary School	0.8%	868
Union Grove High School	1%	1,009
Wadewitz Elementary School	27.7%	495
Walden III High School	10.8%	723
Waller Elementary School	1.2%	332
Washington Elementary School	1.5%	197
Waterford High School	1.1%	890
West Ridge Elementary School	44%	343
Woodfield Elementary School	1.8%	334
Yorkville Elementary School	0.6%	476