Jerstad-Agerholm School

Jerstad-Agerholm School is one of the well-populated K-5 schools in Racine, Wisconsin, operated by Racine Unified School District, with 870 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 169% bigger than the state mean of about 323.

Racine Unified School District runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 16,557 students. Jerstad-Agerholm School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Jerstad-Agerholm School reports that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 18% White, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Racine County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jerstad-Agerholm School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.5%; this one delivers 14.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Racine County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,096 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Jerstad-Agerholm School is one of 54 public schools in Racine County (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students).

Roosevelt Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jerstad-Agerholm School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jerstad-Agerholm School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jerstad-Agerholm School has increased 233%, going from 261 students in 2018 to 870 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 18% across the same window.

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