Knapp Elementary

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Racine, Wisconsin, Knapp Elementary enrolls 462 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Racine Unified School District. Enrollment runs roughly 43% bigger than the state mean of about 323.

Across the 27 schools in Racine Unified School District (16,557 students total), Knapp Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Knapp Elementary reports that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Hispanic, 18% White, 12% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at Knapp Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Racine County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Knapp Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.1%, the actual is 18.2%, a residual of -6.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Racine County shows 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. Knapp Elementary is one of 54 public schools in Racine County (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students).

Nearest neighbor: Racine County Detention Center, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Knapp Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 25%: 371 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 51% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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