Summary:
ZIP code 53402 has three schools — Jerstad-Agerholm School (PK–8, 870 students), O Brown Elementary (PK–7, 540 students), and Red Apple School (K–7, 354 students) — enrolling 1,764 students in total and all part of Racine Unified School District, which ranks 411 of 432 districts in Wisconsin at the 5th percentile with 0 stars.
Two of the three stand out. Red Apple School has the best 2025–2026 rank (795 of 1,039, 23rd percentile, 1 star) and the strongest social studies (63.49%) and science (44.44%) results in the ZIP, plus the top math average (28.86%) and a gain from the 17th percentile a year earlier. O Brown Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism (21.6%) and the highest ELA average (38.92%). Both perform above the district's 5th percentile. Jerstad-Agerholm School trails on nearly every measure: 988 of 1,039, 5th percentile, 0 stars, with ELA averaging 16.16% and math 9.93%.
Attendance and poverty indicators split the schools sharply. Jerstad-Agerholm reports 46.4% chronic absenteeism and 83.33% free/reduced lunch, versus 21.6% and 38.7% at O Brown and 23.0% and 59.32% at Red Apple; both smaller schools are below the district's 36.5% absenteeism rate but above the state's 17.3%. Jerstad-Agerholm also spends the most per student ($19,025) with the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.1) yet posts the lowest proficiency. All three remain below state proficiency in most grades and subjects, and middle-grade math is the weakest area across the ZIP.
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