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Gifford School

Q: Is Gifford School a good school?

Gifford School ranks 697 th of 1044 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-8

697^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,044 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Better than 33% of Wisconsin elementary schools

Summary

Gifford School is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Racine Unified School District in Wisconsin, with 1,408 students. While the school is ranked 697 out of 1,044 Wisconsin elementary schools and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, it has consistently outperformed the district in academic proficiency across most grade levels and subjects on the Forward Exam.

Gifford School's academic performance is particularly strong in 5th grade English Language Arts (57.25% proficient or better compared to 28.8% for the district) and 5th grade Mathematics (63.36% proficient compared to 52.58% statewide). The school also performs well for its African American and Hispanic student subgroups, ranking in the top quartile of Wisconsin elementary schools in these categories. However, the school's White and Multi-racial student subgroups perform relatively poorly, ranking in the bottom half of Wisconsin elementary schools.

While Gifford School generally outperforms the nearby schools in the Racine Unified School District, the Schulte School and RUSD Montessori school perform better than Gifford School in several academic areas, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Additionally, Gifford School faces challenges with higher chronic absenteeism rates and dropout rates compared to the state and district averages.

1,331

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,271

Per pupil spending ?

30%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8332 Northwestern Ave
Racine, WI 53406-1722

(262) 619-4550

District: Racine Unified School District

Students who attend Gifford School usually attend:

High:

Case High

Racial breakdown:

White:

63.0%

Hispanic:

20.7%

Two or more races:

8.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 44th percentile in 2015 → 33rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Racine Unified School District

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (48% vs 54% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 11 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school48%

District avg28%

Wisconsin avg54%

Elementary school

697^th of 1,044

Wisconsin public elementary schools ?

Bottom 33%▼ down 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 44% (2015) to bottom 33% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

432^nd of 628

Wisconsin public middle schools ?

Bottom 31%▲ up 13 pts since 2017

From bottom 19% (2017) to bottom 31% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 15Elementary Schools in the Racine Unified School District

408^th of 426Racine 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

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	42.2	697 of 1044	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.0	683 of 1061	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.1	788 of 1067	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	40.6	718 of 1067	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.2	729 of 1050	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.9	676 of 1037	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.1	670 of 1025	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2017	50.9	572 of 1071	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	52.6	549 of 1075	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2015	52.0	603 of 1076	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2014	55.4	524 of 1061	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	58.7	449 of 1053	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	67.6	331 of 1045	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	64.4	379 of 1046	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2010	78.4	131 of 1045	87.5%	★★★★☆
2009	67.8	329 of 1030	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2008	61.0	460 of 1021	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2007	61.3	329 of 689	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2006	49.9	459 of 712	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2005	42.2	442 of 632	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2004	46.0	418 of 633	34.0%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2024	67.5	28 of 137	79.6%	★★★★☆
2019	54.4	55 of 161	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.0	31 of 165	81.2%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2019	43.7	151 of 275	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.4	98 of 287	65.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	40.3	692 of 1001	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.2	617 of 1011	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.7	715 of 1010	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	46.1	610 of 1017	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	43.1	629 of 1004	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.9	648 of 1002	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.4	597 of 997	40.1%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	50.1	140 of 322	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.5	143 of 331	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.7	150 of 290	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	54.9	112 of 296	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	51.5	107 of 274	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.6	104 of 266	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	36.3	168 of 271	38.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	30.4	665 of 870	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.2	661 of 866	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	747 of 871	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.3	632 of 859	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.6	721 of 847	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.8	659 of 874	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.3	672 of 854	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	43.8	638 of 1000	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.8	654 of 1012	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.1	755 of 1011	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.7	710 of 1017	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.2	728 of 1003	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.7	624 of 1002	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.9	709 of 997	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	29.0	82 of 113	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.6	93 of 119	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	72 of 96	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	48.8	37 of 77	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.5	53 of 85	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	35.2	529 of 802	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.1	468 of 790	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.5	589 of 770	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	45.1	381 of 748	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	48.5	351 of 746	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.1	378 of 742	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.1	316 of 721	56.2%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	33.8	525 of 718	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.3	498 of 727	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.8	615 of 715	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.6	556 of 704	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.0	568 of 699	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.2	537 of 718	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.8	513 of 686	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	39.6	432 of 628	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.4	473 of 641	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.3	460 of 640	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	42.6	383 of 617	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.9	464 of 613	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.0	398 of 594	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.8	472 of 579	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.1	498 of 612	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2023	39.9	72 of 130	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.1	81 of 127	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.4	70 of 123	43.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	31.0	147 of 178	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	48.3	72 of 173	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	33.5	122 of 170	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	44.2	76 of 158	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	36.3	99 of 138	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	46.0	346 of 573	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.9	388 of 580	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.0	414 of 579	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	43.3	358 of 576	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	41.7	374 of 574	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.4	317 of 557	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.7	412 of 551	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	49.6	104 of 237	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.0	123 of 239	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.7	155 of 229	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.0	144 of 221	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.2	182 of 225	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.9	116 of 209	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.8	165 of 204	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	25.0	417 of 509	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.7	439 of 520	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	467 of 525	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	40.0	332 of 522	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	18.0	453 of 499	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.2	428 of 487	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	428 of 489	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	34.0	426 of 577	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.1	447 of 585	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.9	399 of 591	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.8	339 of 577	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.6	456 of 572	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.8	424 of 557	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.6	464 of 551	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	40.7	78 of 126	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.1	94 of 131	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.0	111 of 132	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	46.2	64 of 126	49.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	24.0	106 of 129	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	31.9	295 of 414	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.1	265 of 425	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.5	309 of 439	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	73.3	44 of 421	89.5%	★★★★☆
2021	46.5	211 of 437	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	28.8	320 of 414	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.0	252 of 417	39.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	27.7	315 of 399	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	353 of 407	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.9	317 of 412	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.5	271 of 397	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	21.1	341 of 393	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.8	291 of 382	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	331 of 375	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2024)80th percentile+44 vs school

Hispanic (2025)57th percentile+23 vs school

English Language Learner (2019)45th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2025)36th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)34th percentile~ school

Female (2025)31st percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)27th percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)27th percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)24th percentile-10 vs school

Middle school

Hispanic (2025)56th percentile+25 vs school

African American (2023)45th percentile+16 vs school

Female (2025)40th percentile+8 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)38th percentile+7 vs school

Special Education (2025)29th percentile~ school

Male (2025)26th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)21st percentile-10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)18th percentile-13 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)17th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies67%+4 vs state

English Language Arts46%-7 vs state

Science46%-4 vs state

Mathematics45%-9 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)		Forward Exam Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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%)	42.2	697^th of 1044 public elementary schools	33.2%		45	683^rd of 1061 public elementary schools	35.6%	14	38.8	49.6	57.3	33.3	48.0	50.0	43.3	48.9	63.4	27.4	51.7	35.6	65.0	69.7	44.5	47.7	$12,271	$944	$11,328
Goodland Montessori	Public	PK, KG-7	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%)	44.7	661^st of 1044 public elementary schools	36.7%		53.9	581^st of 1061 public elementary schools	45.2%	80	40.0	48.7	56.8	90.5	70.4		30.0	37.8	32.4	71.4	66.7		67.6		46.0		$10,956	$901	$10,056
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%)	9.7	942^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	9.8%		10.6	945^th of 1061 public elementary schools	10.9%	3	23.7	22.0	18.8				29.0	22.0	20.3				32.0		20.0		$18,555	$1,712	$16,845
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%)								(n/a)	17.5	28.7	15.5	22.7	33.0	37.4	13.9	19.6	19.6	15.3	24.3	18.7	38.2	44.2	26.5	27.7	$15,346	$1,597	$13,750
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%)	6	966^th of 1044 public elementary schools	7.5%		6.8	974^th of 1061 public elementary schools	8.2%	8	16.0	21.4	13.3				16.0	23.2	6.7				26.1		18.6		$17,177	$1,847	$15,330
Gilmore Fine Arts School	Public, Magnet	K-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%)	19.3	879^th of 1044 public elementary schools	15.8%		32.9	796^th of 1061 public elementary schools	25.0%	83	36.2	36.4	46.0	39.0	42.1	55.9	17.4	28.6	20.3	14.0	25.4	39.2	45.5	59.8	28.6	45.1	$14,944	$987	$13,958
Schulte School	Public	PK, KG-7	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%)	29.6	812^th of 1044 public elementary schools	22.2%		43.8	692^nd of 1061 public elementary schools	34.8%	120	50.9	48.1	29.4	24.5	52.6		50.9	37.7	21.2	26.4	42.1		60.4		37.7		$15,414	$963	$14,452
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	915 Romayne Ave	Racine	53402	Racine County	Racine Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 664-8300	195	19	10.4	79.0%	35 (17.9%)	60 (30.8%)	70 (35.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (15.4%)	19.4	878^th of 1044 public elementary schools	15.9%		12.5	937^th of 1061 public elementary schools	11.7%	59	27.8	48.2	34.4				38.9	22.2	12.5				44.4		25.9		$15,786	$1,704	$14,082
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%)	4.4	986^th of 1044 public elementary schools	5.6%		3.3	1015^th of 1061 public elementary schools	4.3%	29	18.2	13.2	15.8	13.8	13.6	20.7	15.9	15.4	13.2	3.6	6.4	11.1	31.6	23.2	23.7	16.0	$15,318	$1,511	$13,808
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%)	4.1	990^th of 1044 public elementary schools	5.2%		5.2	984^th of 1061 public elementary schools	7.3%	6	14.6	17.8	13.7				13.1	6.9	4.1				26.4		15.3		$16,666	$1,734	$14,933

Frequently Asked Questions about Gifford School

Is Gifford School a good school?

Gifford School ranks 697^th of 1044 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Gifford School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,331 students attended Gifford School.

What district is Gifford School in?

Racine Unified School District

What schools do graduates of Gifford School attend?

Students who attend Gifford School usually go on to attend:

High : Case High

What is the racial makeup of Gifford School?

Students at Gifford School are 63% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 6% African American, 2% Asian.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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