Gilmore Fine Arts School

Located at 2330 Northwestern Ave, in Racine, Wisconsin, Gilmore Fine Arts School is a sizable elementary campus that hosts 737 students (grades K through 8), overseen by Racine Unified School District. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 128% larger than typical.

Racine Unified School District runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 16,557 students. Gilmore Fine Arts School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Gilmore Fine Arts School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 33% White, 18% Black, 12% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at Gilmore Fine Arts School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gilmore Fine Arts School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Racine County indicate median household income runs about $78,096, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Racine County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students), of which Gilmore Fine Arts School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Racine Alternative Learning, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gilmore Fine Arts School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gilmore Fine Arts School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 26.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 136%: 312 students in 2018 compared to 737 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 58% to 33% over that span.

On this page, members of the Gilmore Fine Arts School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.