Racine Sun

The majority of students in Racine County districts were white in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 24,561 students attending Racine County district schools, 50.6% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Racine County's districts, making up 25.3% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Racine County districts, representing 51.7% of the student body.

Racine Unified School District had the most even distribution of races among county districts, which included 33.3% of Hispanic students, 32.8% of white students, 24.4% of African American students, 8.1% of multiracial students, 1.2% of Asian students, and 0% of Pacific Islander students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 1.4% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Racine County.

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.

District	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Burlington Area School District	White	78.8	2,919
Dover #1 School District	White	79	81
North Cape School District	White	94.4	197
Norway J7 School District	White	78.7	89
Racine Unified School District	Hispanic	33.3	15,963
Raymond #14 School District	White	85.4	410
Union Grove J1 School District	White	82.3	868
Union Grove UHS School District	White	87.4	1,009
Washington-Caldwell School District	White	89.3	197
Waterford Graded J1 School District	White	88.3	1,462
Waterford UHS School District	White	86.9	890
Yorkville J2 School District	White	81.9	476