Summary:
Racine Unified School District serves about 5,500 high school students across six schools: Case High, Horlick High, Park High, Walden III High, The REAL School, and the tiny Racine County Jail program. Grades span 6–12 at Walden III, The REAL School, and Racine County Jail, 7–12 at Park High, and 9–12 at Case and Horlick. The district ranks near the bottom of Wisconsin districts (411 of 432, 5th percentile, 0 stars), which shapes outcomes at most schools here.
Two schools clearly outperform. Walden III High has a 94.4% graduation rate, the lowest dropout rate (0.1%) and chronic absenteeism (20.8%) among regular schools, and Social Studies (55.32%) and ELA (53.62%) proficiency above state averages. The REAL School posts the highest graduation rate (98.3%), a 0.0% dropout rate, and the strongest math ACT proficiency (39.13%), near the state's 42.93%. Case High, the largest school at 1,856 students, is the strongest of the three big comprehensive high schools: 90.2% graduation, with test scores above the district in all four tested subjects but still below state averages.
Horlick High and Park High face the greatest challenges. Park has the lowest graduation rate among regular schools (81.1%), the highest chronic absenteeism (57.6%), and the highest free/reduced lunch rate (69.74%). Horlick follows at 84.8% graduation, 3.7% dropout, and the lowest ELA (14.60%) and math (7.05%) proficiency. Chronic absenteeism is a district-wide concern at 36.5%, more than double the state's 17.3%. Spending and class size don't track with results — Horlick spends the most per student ($17,568), while The REAL School spends the least among regular schools ($15,008) and graduates nearly everyone. Racine County Jail, with 10 students, is a specialized setting whose numbers aren't comparable.
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