Johnson Elementary

As a high-enrollment K-5 school in Racine, Wisconsin, Johnson Elementary serves 557 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Racine Unified School District. Enrollment runs roughly 72% above the state mean of about 323.

Johnson Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Racine Unified School District, a district that serves 16,557 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Johnson Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Black, 17% White, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Johnson Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Racine County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Johnson Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 31.8%; Johnson Elementary posts 16.2%, -15.7 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Racine County put the typical household earns roughly $78,096 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Racine County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students), Johnson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Starbuck International School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Johnson Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 22.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 525 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 38% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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