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Enrollment
1,331
Elementary
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551236002311
Gifford School
8332 Northwestern Ave, Racine, WI 53406 · (262) 619-4550 · Racine County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,331 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
399 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 86 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 137 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 138 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 137 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 153 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 139 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (139).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 41.5% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Gifford School
Gifford School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gifford School this school | 1,331 | 30.0% | 48.0% |
| Union Grove Elementary Union Grove | 886 | 28.2% | 65.0% |
| Red Smith K-8 Green Bay | 924 | 30.8% | 58.2% |
| Salem Elementary Salem | 936 | 32.4% | 58.5% |
| Edgerton Community Elementary Edgerton | 809 | 31.4% | 57.4% |
| Fernwood Montessori Milwaukee | 731 | 20.5% | 62.8% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gifford School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #649 of 982 | #16 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #665 of 992 ▲ 58 | #15 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #637 of 992 ▲ 66 | #16 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,331 | #2 of 1,157 | #1 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #711 of 901 | #22 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #263 of 901 | #17 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.0% | #732 of 1,064 | #24 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #335 of 664 | #8 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,331
-143 (-10%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 987
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,331 | 87.2 | 15.3:1 | 30% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 1,408 | 94.3 | 14.9:1 | 32% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 1,411 | 91 | 15.5:1 | 30% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 1,474 | 89 | 16.6:1 | 32% (474) |
| 2017-18 | 1,558 | 84.5 | 18.4:1 | 24% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 935 | 53 | 17.6:1 | 24% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 982 | 50 | 19.6:1 | 24% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 792 | 49 | 16.2:1 | 33% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 987 | 53 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gifford School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,558 to 1,331); teachers up 3% (84.5 to 87.2).
About Gifford School
Gifford School serves students in Racine, Wisconsin, as a high-enrollment elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 1,331 students. That compares with an average of about 323 students for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Racine Unified School District has 27 schools; together they serve 16,557 students.
About 63% of the student body at Gifford School is White. Other students are 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. By comparison, Racine County residents are about 72% White. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Gifford School are from different groups.
The school has 87.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.3 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The school reported 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Racine County average 48%.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Gifford School outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 59.3% at Gifford School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.0%.
The school is in Racine County, where median household income comes to about $78,096, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Racine County counts 54 public schools with about 25,901 students.
Gifford School's nearest public school is Case High (about 3.0 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Gifford School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes Gifford School as Rural: Fringe.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 10%. By 2024-25, the school had 15.3 students per teacher, compared with 16.6 in 2020-21.
The Gifford School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
Racine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,532
Census ACS
Median income
$78,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
25,901 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Racine Unified School District
- Case HighHigh · 1,856 students
- Horlick HighHigh · 1,212 students
- Park HighHigh · 1,203 students
- Starbuck International SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Mitchell SchoolElementary · 1,040 students
- Jerstad-Agerholm SchoolElementary · 870 students
Other schools in Racine
- Case HighHigh · 1,856 students
- Horlick HighHigh · 1,212 students
- Park HighHigh · 1,203 students
- Starbuck International SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Mitchell SchoolElementary · 1,040 students
- Jerstad-Agerholm SchoolElementary · 870 students
Nearby schools
- Case High3.0 mi · 1,856
- The REAL Sch3.1 mi · 538
- Goodland Montessori3.3 mi · 375
- West Ridge Elementary3.3 mi · 343
- DOC: Racine Correctional Institution3.4 mi · 2
- Wadewitz Elementary3.8 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Gifford SchoolHow many students attend Gifford School?
Gifford School enrolls approximately 1,331 students in grades PK-08.
Is Gifford School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gifford School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Gifford School have?
Gifford School employs 87 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Gifford School?
Student demographics at Gifford School are roughly 63% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Gifford School?
Gifford School is overseen by Racine Unified School District in Racine County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.