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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Jerstad-Agerholm School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
870
Elementary
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551236001624
Jerstad-Agerholm School
3535 La Salle St, Racine, WI 53402 · (262) 664-6075 · Racine County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL870 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- FTest 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
11.1:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
725 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 | 26 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 186 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 191 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 202 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 75% smaller than its 8th grade class (202).
Student demographics
70%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
15.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
8.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.7% | 8.4% |
| 2023-24 | 14.8% | 8.8% |
% 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Jerstad-Agerholm School
Jerstad-Agerholm School's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerstad-Agerholm School this school | 870 | 83.3% | 14.8% |
| Strange Elementary Kenosha | 522 | 82.0% | 31.0% |
| Knapp Elementary Racine | 462 | 85.7% | 18.2% |
| Fratt Elementary Racine | 435 | 80.5% | 18.8% |
| Brass Community School Kenosha | 462 | 87.9% | 16.4% |
| Mitchell School Racine | 1,040 | 77.6% | 11.1% |
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 Jerstad-Agerholm School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #928 of 982 | #29 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #959 of 992 ▲ 1 | #29 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #921 of 992 ▲ 16 | #28 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 870 | #11 of 1,157 | #5 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #145 of 901 | #4 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #85 of 901 | #8 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #103 of 1,064 | #3 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +233.3% | #1 of 240 | #1 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
870
-140 (-14%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 870 | 78.3 | 11.1:1 | 83% (725) |
| 2023-24 | 865 | 85.6 | 10.1:1 | 82% (712) |
| 2022-23 | 899 | 93 | 9.7:1 | 79% (714) |
| 2020-21 | 1,010 | 90 | 11.2:1 | 81% (821) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 22.9 | 11.4:1 | 64% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 66% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 65% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 33% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jerstad-Agerholm School.
Since 2017-18: students up 233% (261 to 870); teachers up 242% (22.9 to 78.3).
About Jerstad-Agerholm School
Jerstad-Agerholm School is a large elementary school in Racine Unified School District, located in Racine, Wisconsin. The school enrolls 870 students in pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average enrollment is about 323.
The district for Jerstad-Agerholm School is Racine Unified School District, with 27 schools and 16,557 students.
About 40% of students at Jerstad-Agerholm School are Black, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 18% White, and 9% multiracial. Among all residents of Racine County, the Black share is about 11%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
Jerstad-Agerholm School reported 78.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 11.1:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. Roughly 83% of students at Jerstad-Agerholm School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Racine County averages 48%, lower than here.
Jerstad-Agerholm School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Jerstad-Agerholm School is 26.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.8%.
In Racine County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $78,096 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Jerstad-Agerholm School, Racine County has 54 public schools.
Roosevelt Elementary is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Jerstad-Agerholm School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Jerstad-Agerholm School ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school shrank from 1,010 students in 2020-21 to 870 in 2024-25.
The Jerstad-Agerholm School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Roosevelt Elementary0.9 mi · 195
- Horlick High1.4 mi · 1,212
- Red Apple School1.6 mi · 354
- Wadewitz Elementary1.6 mi · 517
- Gilmore Fine Arts School1.8 mi · 737
- DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility1.9 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About Jerstad-Agerholm SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jerstad-Agerholm School?
Jerstad-Agerholm School enrolls approximately 870 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Jerstad-Agerholm School serve?
Jerstad-Agerholm School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jerstad-Agerholm School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jerstad-Agerholm School is approximately 11.1:1 (78 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jerstad-Agerholm School?
At Jerstad-Agerholm School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 32% Hispanic, 40% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Jerstad-Agerholm School?
Jerstad-Agerholm 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.