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How has Knapp Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551236001628
Knapp Elementary
2701 17th St, Racine, WI 53405 · (262) 664-8000 · Racine County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest 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
13.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
396 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 | 41 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
69%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
23.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
17.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.9% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 14.5% |
% 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
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Knapp Elementary
Knapp Elementary's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knapp Elementary this school | 462 | 85.7% | 18.2% |
| Fratt Elementary Racine | 435 | 80.5% | 18.8% |
| Brass Community School Kenosha | 462 | 87.9% | 16.4% |
| Strange Elementary Kenosha | 522 | 82.0% | 31.0% |
| Howe Elementary Green Bay | 350 | 87.4% | 19.2% |
| Jerstad-Agerholm School Racine | 870 | 83.3% | 14.8% |
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 Knapp Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #908 of 982 | #26 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #904 of 992 ▲ 20 | #25 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #875 of 992 ▲ 26 | #24 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #208 of 1,157 | #13 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #526 of 901 | #13 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #100 of 901 | #10 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.7% | #86 of 1,064 | #1 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.5% | #42 of 240 | #6 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
462
+134 (+41%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 462 | 33.9 | 13.7:1 | 86% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 36.3 | 12.4:1 | 88% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 38.5 | 11.8:1 | 85% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 31 | 10.6:1 | 87% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 33.1 | 11.2:1 | 85% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 29 | 11.0:1 | 85% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 85% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 33% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 37 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knapp Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (371 to 462); teachers up 2% (33.1 to 33.9).
About Knapp Elementary
Knapp Elementary is a public elementary school run by Racine Unified School District in Racine, Wisconsin. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 462 students. It has 43% more students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
Racine Unified School District runs Knapp Elementary along with 26 other schools, enrolling 16,557 students in total.
At Knapp Elementary, Black students make up the biggest share, 45%. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 18% White, and 12% multiracial. County-wide, 11% of Racine County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
With 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Knapp Elementary, 86% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in Racine County.
Knapp Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 8% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Knapp Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 18.2%, compared with a predicted 25.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Racine County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $78,096, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 54 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,901, Knapp Elementary among them.
Racine County Detention Center is about 0.4 miles from Knapp Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Knapp Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 6 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Knapp Elementary as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment figures are 328 for 2020-21 and 462 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.6:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Other Knapp Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Knapp Elementary. Knapp Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Knapp ElementaryKnapp, WI · 91 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolLansdale, PA · 633 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolMichigan City, IN · 407 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Racine County Detention Center0.4 mi · 20
- Park High0.7 mi · 1,203
- Mitchell School0.7 mi · 1,040
- Fratt Elementary0.9 mi · 435
- Johnson Elementary1.1 mi · 557
- Walden III High1.1 mi · 692
Frequently asked questions
About Knapp ElementaryHow large is Knapp Elementary?
Knapp Elementary enrolls approximately 462 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Knapp Elementary serve?
Knapp Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Knapp Elementary?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Knapp Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Knapp Elementary?
Student demographics at Knapp Elementary are roughly 18% White, 24% Hispanic, 45% Black, 12% Two or more.
What district is Knapp Elementary in?
Knapp Elementary is part of Racine Unified School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.