Julian Thomas Elementary

Julian Thomas Elementary operates as a large elementary school in Racine, Wisconsin, part of Racine Unified School District. Current enrollment sits at 574 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 78% above the state mean of about 323.

Within Racine Unified School District, which oversees 27 schools and 16,557 students, Julian Thomas Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Julian Thomas Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 34% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Julian Thomas Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at Julian Thomas Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Racine County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Julian Thomas Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.5%, the actual is 15.6%, a residual of -12.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Racine County put 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. Across Racine County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students), Julian Thomas Elementary is one campus in the mix.

21st Century Preparatory School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Julian Thomas Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Julian Thomas Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 32.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 13%: 506 students in 2018 compared to 574 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 51% to 56% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.