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Best Elementary Schools in Racine County, WI

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Schools

14,481

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedKansasville Elementary59^th of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Drought Elementary up 135 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Julian Thomas Elementary 10.4 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Starbuck International School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2026)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2026)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2026)		Forward Exam Science (2026)		Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners meeting all minimum immunization requirements	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
21st Century Preparatory School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1220 Mound Ave	Racine	53404	Racine County	Racine Charter One Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(262) 598-0026	438	24	18.2	63.2%	20 (4.6%)	275 (62.8%)	88 (20.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (12.6%)	5.3	971^st of 1039 public elementary schools	6.5%		5.6	973^rd of 1044 public elementary schools	6.8%	2	15.6	23.5	34.6	8.3	20.8	19.1	17.8	0.0	15.4	11.1	20.8	11.9	20.6	26.2	0.0	9.5	63%
Dyer Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	201 S Kendrick Ave	Burlington	53105	Racine County	Burlington Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 763-0220	395	27	14.7	39.2%	290 (73.4%)	4 (1.0%)	76 (19.2%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.3%)	54.8	536^th of 1039 public elementary schools	48.4%		64.2	398^th of 1044 public elementary schools	61.9%	138	61.7	43.9					72.3	59.7					57.9		50.9				$15,210	$747	$14,463
Waller Elementary	Public	K-4	195 Gardner Ave	Burlington	53105	Racine County	Burlington Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 763-0185	247	18	13.7	38.5%	197 (79.8%)	2 (0.8%)	38 (15.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	66.5	365^th of 1039 public elementary schools	64.9%		74.3	248^th of 1044 public elementary schools	76.2%	117	61.7	57.8					59.6	64.4					71.1		64.4		≥ 95%		$15,874	$765	$15,109
Winkler Elementary	Public	K-4	34150 Fulton St	Burlington	53105	Racine County	Burlington Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 539-2726	207	17	12.3	49.3%	168 (81.2%)	8 (3.9%)	23 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.9%)	57.6	492^nd of 1039 public elementary schools	52.6%		73.3	264^th of 1044 public elementary schools	74.7%	228	61.1	45.5					75.0	63.6					63.6		47.7		89%		$15,738	$904	$14,833
Cooper Montessori	Public	PK, KG-6	248 Kendall St	Burlington	53105	Racine County	Burlington Area School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 763-0180	225	13	17.7	21.3%	201 (89.3%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.9%)	80.6	146^th of 1039 public elementary schools	85.9%		74.8	242^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	76.8%	96	64.0	80.8	80.8	90.9			68.0	61.5	53.9	63.6			88.5		84.6				$13,815	$350	$13,465
Kansasville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	4101 S Beaumont Ave	Kansasville	53139	Racine County	Dover #1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 878-3773	81	8	10.6	44.4%	64 (79.0%)	1 (1.2%)	13 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.7%)	88.1	59^th of 1039 public elementary schools	94.3%		85	94^th of 1044 public elementary schools	91.0%	35			90.0	73.3	75.0	66.7			80.0	73.3	100.0	77.8		66.7		55.6	80%		$16,500	$1,137	$15,363
Lakeview Elementary	Public	K-4	26335 Fries Ln	Wind Lake	53185	Racine County	Muskego-Norway School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 971-1850	290	22	12.9	15.5%	258 (89.0%)	5 (1.7%)	16 (5.5%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	79.5	170^th of 1039 public elementary schools	83.6%		85.9	75^th of 1044 public elementary schools	92.8%	95	75.9	67.1					88.9	79.5					78.1		57.5		93%		$16,461	$379	$16,083
Drought Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	21016 W 7 Mile Rd	Franksville	53126	Racine County	Norway J7 School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 895-7778	109	10	10.7	18.3%	82 (75.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.8%)	80.4	152^nd of 1039 public elementary schools	85.4%		72	287^th of 1044 public elementary schools	72.5%	135	80.0	80.0	83.3	87.5	66.7		80.0	60.0	66.7	62.5	77.8		93.3		53.3		63%		$14,298	$224	$14,074
O Brown Elementary	Public	PK, KG-7	2115 5 1/2 Mile Rd	Racine	53402	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 664-6650	540	33	16.2	38.7%	324 (60.0%)	42 (7.8%)	125 (23.1%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.0%)	24	840^th of 1039 public elementary schools	19.2%		26.6	828^th of 1044 public elementary schools	20.7%	12	32.9	41.2	47.3	36.8	36.4		37.8	25.9	27.4	28.1	15.2		48.2		38.8		91%		$17,156	$884	$16,272
Gilmore Fine Arts School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	2330 Northwestern Ave	Racine	53404	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	Yes	No	No	(262) 664-6800	737	47	15.6	55.4%	246 (33.4%)	136 (18.5%)	259 (35.1%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	88 (11.9%)	18.2	881^st of 1039 public elementary schools	15.2%		19.3	879^th of 1044 public elementary schools	15.8%	2	33.3	40.3	28.1	47.2	36.6	46.4	26.1	20.8	18.3	30.2	25.5	25.5	37.5	52.8	27.8	39.8	87%		$16,565	$880	$15,685
Fratt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3501 Kinzie Ave	Racine	53405	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 664-8150	435	36	11.9	80.5%	96 (22.1%)	146 (33.6%)	153 (35.2%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.4%)	7.9	952^nd of 1039 public elementary schools	8.4%		6	966^th of 1044 public elementary schools	7.5%	14	19.6	27.9	25.4				15.7	19.1	9.0				32.4		22.1		84%		$18,511	$1,744	$16,767
Jerstad-Agerholm School	Public	PK, KG-8	3535 La Salle St	Racine	53402	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 664-6075	870	78	11.1	83.3%	155 (17.8%)	348 (40.0%)	277 (31.8%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	81 (9.3%)	4.1	988^th of 1039 public elementary schools	4.9%		4.4	986^th of 1044 public elementary schools	5.6%	2	18.8	18.2	12.9	13.0	19.3	14.9	10.9	10.6	12.7	7.9	8.9	8.6	27.3	22.5	16.7	13.8	81%		$19,025	$2,197	$16,828
Johnson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2420 Kentucky St	Racine	53405	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 664-6950	557	40	13.9	74.7%	94 (16.9%)	149 (26.8%)	272 (48.8%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.6%)	3.5	993^rd of 1039 public elementary schools	4.4%		4.1	990^th of 1044 public elementary schools	5.2%	3	20.3	17.4	18.7				11.9	5.4	4.1				18.7		5.5		77%		$17,242	$2,154	$15,088
Knapp Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2701 17th St	Racine	53405	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 664-8000	462	34	13.6	85.7%	85 (18.4%)	208 (45.0%)	113 (24.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (11.9%)	9.3	937^th of 1039 public elementary schools	9.8%		7.9	951^st of 1044 public elementary schools	8.9%	14	23.0	27.9	30.0				16.2	24.6	16.7				24.6		23.0		63%		$17,253	$2,278	$14,974
Mitchell School	Public	PK, KG-8	2701 Drexel Ave	Racine	53403	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 664-6400	1,040	97	10.7	77.6%	127 (12.2%)	298 (28.7%)	531 (51.1%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (7.3%)	2.9	1001^st of 1039 public elementary schools	3.7%		2.9	1009^th of 1044 public elementary schools	3.4%	8	13.6	12.1	14.9	13.8	11.9	12.8	7.5	6.0	6.7	6.3	6.0	3.5	19.4	22.0	10.5	12.6	74%		$18,829	$1,992	$16,837
Red Apple School	Public	K-7	914 Saint Patrick St	Racine	53402	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 619-4500	354	25	14.2	59.3%	136 (38.4%)	85 (24.0%)	85 (24.0%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (12.1%)	30.4	795^th of 1039 public elementary schools	23.5%		20.9	870^th of 1044 public elementary schools	16.7%	75	41.7	44.4	41.7	31.8	25.5		39.6	36.5	29.2	27.3	11.8		63.5		44.4		86%		$17,153	$824	$16,329
Schulte School	Public	PK, KG-8	8515 Westminster Dr	Sturtevant	53177	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 664-6300	479	29	16.2	57.0%	193 (40.3%)	90 (18.8%)	123 (25.7%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (12.5%)	30.2	798^th of 1039 public elementary schools	23.2%		29.6	812^th of 1044 public elementary schools	22.2%	14	40.0	48.2	50.0	20.6	18.2	50.0	38.3	50.0	30.0	17.2	13.6	38.0	60.7	50.0	42.9	36.0	84%		$15,709	$777	$14,932
Starbuck International School	Public	K-8	1516 Ohio St	Racine	53405	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 664-6500	1,133	83	13.6	62.4%	277 (24.4%)	341 (30.1%)	352 (31.1%)	38 (3.4%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	120 (10.6%)	8.5	946^th of 1039 public elementary schools	9.0%					(n/a)	28.6	21.0	27.7	16.8	21.9	38.8	25.3	16.5	10.6	17.7	17.7	18.3	35.2	48.2	23.8	28.8			$16,721	$1,392	$15,329
Wadewitz Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2700 Yout St	Racine	53404	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 664-6000	517	45	11.4	77.6%	71 (13.7%)	150 (29.0%)	245 (47.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (9.1%)	5.3	970^th of 1039 public elementary schools	6.6%		9.7	942^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	9.8%	28	11.4	18.1	18.5				25.6	13.9	11.1				26.4		9.7		82%		$21,740	$2,174	$19,566
Gifford School	Public	PK, KG-8	8332 Northwestern Ave	Racine	53406	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 619-4550	1,331	87	15.2	30.0%	838 (63.0%)	82 (6.2%)	275 (20.7%)	24 (1.8%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	107 (8.0%)	40	723^rd of 1039 public elementary schools	30.4%		42.2	697^th of 1044 public elementary schools	33.2%	26	43.7	45.9	47.5	54.8	45.0	60.0	40.5	38.5	51.1	41.5	49.2	43.6	56.3	77.1	48.2	57.9	91%		$16,183	$775	$15,408
Goodland Montessori	Public	PK, KG-8	4800 Graceland Blvd	Racine	53406	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 664-6850	375	22	16.8	32.8%	219 (58.4%)	31 (8.3%)	92 (24.5%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.7%)	47.4	629^th of 1039 public elementary schools	39.5%		44.7	661^st of 1044 public elementary schools	36.7%	32	42.6	39.5	58.8	60.0	76.5	68.0	44.7	52.6	50.0	56.7	64.7	44.0	60.5	68.0	52.6	60.0			$14,073	$856	$13,217
Julian Thomas Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	930 Martin Luther King Dr	Racine	53404	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 664-8400	574	55	10.4	81.7%	22 (3.8%)	193 (33.6%)	321 (55.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.3%)	3.6	992^nd of 1039 public elementary schools	4.5%		5.8	967^th of 1044 public elementary schools	7.4%	25	11.0	11.5	13.3				13.4	9.0	9.4				23.1		16.7		62%		$19,960	$2,238	$17,722
Raymond Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2659 76th St	Franksville	53126	Racine County	Raymond #14 School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(262) 835-2929	385	31	12.3	13.8%	323 (83.9%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (10.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (3.9%)	62.9	406^th of 1039 public elementary schools	60.9%		64.7	391^st of 1044 public elementary schools	62.5%	15	56.4	51.2	69.4	61.0	71.7	71.4	48.7	73.2	63.9	51.2	62.3	69.1	75.6	78.6	53.7	76.2	76%		$15,334	$308	$15,026
North Cape Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	11926 W Highway K	Franksville	53126	Racine County	North Cape School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(262) 835-4069	194	15	13.1	6.7%	187 (96.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62.1	419^th of 1039 public elementary schools	59.7%		73	270^th of 1044 public elementary schools	74.1%	149	57.9	38.5	53.9	90.0	71.4	73.9	68.4	46.2	61.5	80.0	76.2	65.2	69.2	78.3	57.7	65.2	75%		$15,453	$401	$15,051
Union Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1745 Milldrum St	Union Grove	53182	Racine County	Union Grove J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 878-2015	886	57	15.6	28.2%	718 (81.0%)	9 (1.0%)	104 (11.7%)	11 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (4.9%)	72.5	281^st of 1039 public elementary schools	73.0%		75.4	230^th of 1044 public elementary schools	78.0%	51	61.6	60.6	56.1	67.0	66.0	64.2	69.8	72.7	60.2	61.0	68.0	70.5	87.9	69.5	63.6	61.1	80%		$13,018	$328	$12,690
Evergreen Elementary	Public	4-5	817 W Main St	Waterford	53185	Racine County	Waterford Graded J1 School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 514-8210	310	23	13.6	11.0%	281 (90.6%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)	73.9	257^th of 1039 public elementary schools	75.3%		65.2	380^th of 1044 public elementary schools	63.6%	123		64.2	51.6					72.9	64.8				81.5		68.9				$15,003	$345	$14,658
Trailside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-1	615 N Milwaukee Street	Waterford	53185	Racine County	Waterford Graded J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 514-8220	331	25	13.3	32.3%	290 (87.6%)	2 (0.6%)	22 (6.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.9%)								(n/a)																	88%		$14,655	$396	$14,259
Woodfield Elementary	Public	2-3	905 Barnes Drive	Waterford	53185	Racine County	Waterford Graded J1 School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 514-8230	322	25	12.9	15.5%	287 (89.1%)	5 (1.6%)	21 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.2%)								(n/a)	58.5						62.3												$14,412	$335	$14,077
Washington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	8937 Big Bend Rd	Waterford	53185	Racine County	Washington-Caldwell School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 662-3466	192	14	13.6	11.5%	173 (90.1%)	3 (1.6%)	5 (2.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.7%)	70.2	309^th of 1039 public elementary schools	70.3%		67.3	360^th of 1044 public elementary schools	65.5%	51	79.0	54.6	52.2	61.9	81.0	71.4	63.2	63.6	65.2	71.4	52.4	57.1	77.3	71.4	63.6	78.6	≥ 95%		$15,729	$265	$15,464
Yorkville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	18621 Washington Ave	Union Grove	53182	Racine County	Yorkville J2 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 878-3759	465	32	14.4	25.4%	379 (81.5%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (10.5%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.5%)	83.6	110^th of 1039 public elementary schools	89.4%		77.4	201^st of 1044 public elementary schools	80.7%	91	79.5	62.5	64.4	66.7	64.9	69.0	87.2	72.5	68.9	85.4	87.7	84.5	90.0	81.0	77.5	60.3	92%		$14,431	$297	$14,134

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