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If you had an hour of school board time for Gilmore Fine Arts School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
737
Elementary
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551236001608
Gilmore Fine Arts School
2330 Northwestern Ave, Racine, WI 53404 · (262) 664-6800 · Racine County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
15.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
408 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 118 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 65% smaller than its 8th grade class (118).
Student demographics
72%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
41.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
23.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 28.8% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Gilmore Fine Arts School
Gilmore Fine Arts School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmore Fine Arts School this school | 737 | 55.4% | 38.5% |
| Burdick Elementary Milwaukee | 527 | 58.1% | 41.3% |
| Leopold Elementary Madison | 626 | 56.2% | 27.4% |
| Schulte School Sturtevant | 479 | 57.0% | 44.6% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Kenosha | 491 | 61.5% | 59.5% |
| Somers Elementary Kenosha | 560 | 54.1% | 50.5% |
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 Gilmore Fine Arts School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #773 of 982 | #19 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #870 of 992 ▼ 20 | #20 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #710 of 992 ▲ 6 | #18 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #22 of 1,157 | #6 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #740 of 901 | #23 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #47 of 901 | #6 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #337 of 1,064 | #15 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +136.2% | #3 of 240 | #3 of 12 |
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
737
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
+102% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 737 | 47.2 | 15.6:1 | 55% (408) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 54.7 | 13.3:1 | 55% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 53.6 | 13.0:1 | 54% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 59 | 12.4:1 | 55% (401) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 19.5 | 16.0:1 | 37% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 40% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 39% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 33% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 21 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gilmore Fine Arts School.
Since 2017-18: students up 136% (312 to 737); teachers up 142% (19.5 to 47.2).
About Gilmore Fine Arts School
Gilmore Fine Arts School is a large elementary school with an address in Racine, Wisconsin. The student body numbers 737 students, from kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
Gilmore Fine Arts School is a school in Racine Unified School District. The district has 27 schools and 16,557 students.
Gilmore Fine Arts School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 35%. It is also 33% White, 18% Black, and 12% multiracial. Racine County's residents are about 15% Hispanic, 20 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Gilmore Fine Arts School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Its teaching staff equals 47.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.6:1. That ratio is over the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Around 55% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Gilmore Fine Arts School is C-. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Gilmore Fine Arts School's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 43.7%. Gilmore Fine Arts School scores 38.5%, 5.2 points below that line.
Racine County census figures show that median household income is 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%. Gilmore Fine Arts School is among the 54 public schools in Racine County.
The closest other public school is Racine Alternative Learning, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 38.5% is above the 26.9% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Gilmore Fine Arts School as City: Small.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (729) and 2024-25 (737). The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.4:1 to 15.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Gifford SchoolElementary · 1,331 students
- Horlick HighHigh · 1,212 students
- Park HighHigh · 1,203 students
- Starbuck International SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Mitchell SchoolElementary · 1,040 students
Other schools in Racine
- Case HighHigh · 1,856 students
- Gifford SchoolElementary · 1,331 students
- Horlick HighHigh · 1,212 students
- Park HighHigh · 1,203 students
- Starbuck International SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Mitchell SchoolElementary · 1,040 students
Nearby schools
- Racine Alternative Learning0.2 mi · 183
- Horlick High0.4 mi · 1,212
- Wadewitz Elementary0.4 mi · 517
- DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility0.6 mi · 32
- Red Apple School0.9 mi · 354
- Julian Thomas Elementary0.9 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Gilmore Fine Arts SchoolHow many students attend Gilmore Fine Arts School?
Gilmore Fine Arts School enrolls approximately 737 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Gilmore Fine Arts School serve?
Gilmore Fine Arts School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gilmore Fine Arts School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gilmore Fine Arts School is approximately 15.6:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gilmore Fine Arts School?
At Gilmore Fine Arts School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 35% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Gilmore Fine Arts School public or private?
Gilmore Fine Arts School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Racine Unified School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.