Case High

Case High is a 9–12 comprehensive high school in Racine, Wisconsin, serving 1,856 students as the largest high school in the Racine Unified School District — a district ranked 411th of 432 Wisconsin districts. In 2025–2026, Case ranked in the 14th percentile statewide, its best showing since 2020–2021, and it beats the district average in every tested subject.

For parents comparing local options, Case is the strongest of Racine’s three large neighborhood high schools. It roughly doubles Horlick High and Park High in 10th-grade ELA, math, science, and social studies, and it matches Walden III High in math. Yet it trails the state by about 15–24 points in most subjects. Case’s graduation rate is 90.2% and dropout rate 1.7%, but chronic absenteeism is 43.2% — higher than the district’s 36.5% and about 26 points above Wisconsin’s rate. Case spends $15,620 per student, less than Horlick or Park, while serving a lower-poverty population than those two schools.

Nearby Kenosha offers a striking comparison: Indian Trail High School and Academy in the Kenosha School District enrolls 1,902 students, graduates 95.8%, has 28.9% absenteeism, and reports roughly double Case’s ELA and math proficiency — with $13,568 per student. Bradford High looks more like Horlick and Park. Specialized settings such as Hillcrest School and Racine County Jail serve very different populations and should not be compared directly. Case’s improvement is real but fragile: some groups, including English language learners, now rank above the school overall, while low-income students remain among the lowest-served. Its clearest weaknesses remain absenteeism and proficiency well below state averages.