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Jerstad-Agerholm School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
988th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,039 Wisconsin Elementary Schools
Better than 5% of Wisconsin elementary schools
Summary

Jerstad-Agerholm School is a PK–8 school at 3535 La Salle St. in Racine, Wisconsin, enrolling about 870 students in the Racine Unified School District, which itself ranks near the bottom of Wisconsin districts. In 2025–2026, the school ranked 988th of 1,039 Wisconsin schools — the 5th percentile, with 0 stars. This is not a new position: after sitting around the 10th–11th percentile with 1 star from 2015–2016 through 2017–2018, it has been a 0-star school since 2018–2019. It also sits at or near the bottom of its nearby Racine peers, ahead of only Julian Thomas Elementary (992nd).

Test scores are far below district and state averages in every subject. Average proficiency in English language arts is 16.2%, compared with 30.2% in the district and 54.0% statewide. Math is the weakest area at 9.9% (district 22.1%, state 53.7%), and middle-school math falls into the single digits — 7.91% in 6th grade, 8.86% in 7th and 8.57% in 8th. Social studies is comparatively stronger at 24.9%, and science is 15.2%. Nearby schools serving similar communities generally outperform it: Goodland Montessori averages roughly 57% in ELA and 52% in math, O Brown Elementary about 39% and 27%, and Red Apple School about 37% and 29%.

Chronic absenteeism is the school's most striking challenge: 46.4% of students missed at least 10% of school days in 2024–2025, the highest rate among nearby schools and well above the district's 36.5% and the state's 17.3%. Poverty is also high, with 83.33% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, yet the school spends more per student ($19,025) and has smaller classes (student–teacher ratio 11.1) than most peers — resources that have not translated into higher achievement. Results vary by student group: students from low-income families and students with disabilities rank in the 2nd percentile, while African American students rank higher than the school's overall percentile. The dropout rate, 1.2%, is below the district's 2.0%. For families, the clear priorities here are attendance and math support.

870
Students ?
11.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,025
Per pupil spending ?
83.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3535 La Salle St
       Racine, WI  53402-3454

(262) 664-6075

District: Racine Unified School District


Students who attend Jerstad-Agerholm School usually attend:

High:    Horlick High
Racial breakdown:

African American:
40.0%
Hispanic:
31.8%
White:
17.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 11th percentile in 2016 → 5th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (14% vs 55% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (46% vs 17% Wisconsin)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school14%
District avg28%
Wisconsin avg55%
Elementary school
988th of 1,039
Wisconsin public elementary schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 6 pts since 2016
From bottom 11% (2016) to bottom 5% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
615th of 643
Wisconsin public middle schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 1 pts since 2019
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
11th of 14Elementary Schools in the Racine Unified School District
411th of 432Racine Unified School District among Wisconsin districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20264.1988 of 10394.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.4986 of 10445.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.31015 of 10614.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.6999 of 10676.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.61004 of 10675.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.4993 of 10505.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.0977 of 10375.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.3912 of 102511.0%★☆☆☆☆
20179.1963 of 107110.1%★☆☆☆☆
201610.6959 of 107510.8%★☆☆☆☆
201517.7937 of 107612.9%★☆☆☆☆
201420.2919 of 106113.4%★☆☆☆☆
201324.6893 of 105315.2%★☆☆☆☆
201242.6785 of 104524.9%★☆☆☆☆
201144.8750 of 104628.3%★☆☆☆☆
201050.8658 of 104537.0%★★☆☆☆
200933.9822 of 103020.2%★☆☆☆☆
200824.2888 of 102113.0%★☆☆☆☆
200720.0600 of 68912.9%★☆☆☆☆
200611.2643 of 7129.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200440.8449 of 63329.1%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202621.2133 of 15011.3%★☆☆☆☆
202523.2122 of 14415.3%★☆☆☆☆
202424.0117 of 13714.6%★☆☆☆☆
202325.6113 of 13818.1%★☆☆☆☆
202222.1123 of 1337.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202125.7114 of 14119.1%★☆☆☆☆
201920.0149 of 1617.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201832.1104 of 16537.0%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20263.8952 of 9863.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.5942 of 10015.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.5957 of 10115.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.4937 of 10107.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.2965 of 10175.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.8944 of 10046.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.7953 of 10024.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.3924 of 9977.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202614.5328 of 3475.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.8294 of 3228.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.5329 of 3310.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.0272 of 2740.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.9258 of 2714.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20265.7832 of 8481.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.0856 of 8701.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.9860 of 8660.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.7861 of 8711.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.4846 of 8591.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.6837 of 8471.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.2868 of 8740.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.6804 of 8545.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20265.8928 of 9896.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.8946 of 10005.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.7975 of 10123.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.6959 of 10115.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.5959 of 10175.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.6946 of 10035.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.7929 of 10027.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.1819 of 99717.9%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202611.6134 of 1425.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202612.1774 of 7912.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.3711 of 80211.3%★☆☆☆☆
202411.4766 of 7903.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.9732 of 7704.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.5671 of 74810.3%★☆☆☆☆
202124.4608 of 74618.5%★☆☆☆☆
201921.7639 of 74213.9%★☆☆☆☆
201833.7492 of 72131.8%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20268.0669 of 6974.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.5709 of 7181.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.0706 of 7272.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.4695 of 7152.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.4696 of 7041.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.8692 of 6991.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.6713 of 7180.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.4625 of 6868.9%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20263.2615 of 6434.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.9593 of 6285.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.6603 of 6415.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.9614 of 6404.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.2594 of 6173.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.9583 of 6134.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.0562 of 5945.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202621.1106 of 12515.2%★☆☆☆☆
202522.9101 of 11713.7%★☆☆☆☆
202422.0103 of 11812.7%★☆☆☆☆
202322.1120 of 1307.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.4116 of 1257.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202122.2124 of 1347.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.3119 of 1276.3%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202622.2160 of 1695.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.2176 of 1781.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.5166 of 1734.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202330.5138 of 17018.8%★☆☆☆☆
202225.9144 of 1588.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202127.0131 of 1385.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.7143 of 1536.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20264.1545 of 5724.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.3553 of 5733.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.5564 of 5802.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.2565 of 5792.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.6556 of 5763.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.4544 of 5745.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.7533 of 5574.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20267.9232 of 2361.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.5229 of 2373.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.6236 of 2391.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.0228 of 2290.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.5219 of 2210.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.6214 of 2254.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.1208 of 2090.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20264.2503 of 5131.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.7495 of 5092.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.1510 of 5201.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.3518 of 5251.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.4512 of 5221.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.4498 of 4990.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.8486 of 4870.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20263.3554 of 5753.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.3533 of 5777.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.8542 of 5857.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.0556 of 5915.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.2554 of 5774.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.2552 of 5723.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.4520 of 5576.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20269.9126 of 1356.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.6125 of 1260.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202615.9410 of 4396.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.4390 of 4145.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.1396 of 4256.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.8409 of 4396.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.3369 of 42112.4%★☆☆☆☆
202124.2360 of 43717.6%★☆☆☆☆
201919.5373 of 4149.9%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
20265.9383 of 3912.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20251.5395 of 3991.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.1406 of 4070.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.2412 of 4120.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.8396 of 3970.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.0390 of 3930.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.6380 of 3820.5%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
African American (2026)11th percentile+6 vs school
Male (2026)6th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2026)6th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)5th percentile~ school
White (2026)4th percentile~ school
Female (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)2nd percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile-3 vs school
Middle school
African American (2026)15th percentile+11 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)7th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)7th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2026)5th percentile~ school
Female (2026)5th percentile~ school
Male (2026)4th percentile~ school
White (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)2nd percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Wisconsin (2025-2026) ?
Social Studies24%-41 vs state
English Language Arts16%-38 vs state
Science15%-38 vs state
Mathematics9%-44 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 870 students attended Jerstad-Agerholm School.

Students at Jerstad-Agerholm School are 40% African American, 32% Hispanic, 18% White, 9% Two or more races.

Students who attend Jerstad-Agerholm School usually go on to attend:

High : Horlick High

Jerstad-Agerholm School ranks in the bottom 4.9% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

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