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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551236001605
O Brown Elementary
2115 5 1/2 Mile Rd, Racine, WI 53402 · (262) 664-6650 · Racine County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
209 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 | 65 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
57%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
41.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
32.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 31.8% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 O Brown Elementary
O Brown Elementary's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| O Brown Elementary this school | 540 | 38.7% | 39.5% |
| Bay View Montessori School Milwaukee | 449 | 36.5% | 58.1% |
| Whittier Elementary Pleasant Prairie | 459 | 37.0% | 56.8% |
| Jackson Elementary Elkhorn | 485 | 38.6% | 70.8% |
| Central - Denison Elementary Lake Geneva | 522 | 39.8% | 74.5% |
| Garden Prairie Intermediate School Beloit | 491 | 34.0% | 56.2% |
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 O Brown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #763 of 982 | #18 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #799 of 992 ▲ 24 | #19 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #707 of 992 ▲ 43 | #17 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #105 of 1,157 | #9 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #789 of 901 | #25 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #239 of 901 | #15 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #598 of 1,064 | #20 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.1% | #65 of 240 | #7 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
540
+165 (+44%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 540 | 33.2 | 16.3:1 | 39% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 36.2 | 14.5:1 | 44% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 44% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 42% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 27.6 | 17.0:1 | 36% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 37% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 43% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 33% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 44 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for O Brown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (469 to 540); teachers up 20% (27.6 to 33.2).
About O Brown Elementary
O Brown Elementary, located in Racine, Wisconsin, is a high-enrollment elementary school. It reported 540 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 67% bigger than average.
Racine Unified School District is made up of 27 schools with 16,557 students in all.
The largest group at O Brown Elementary is White students, at 60%. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Black. By comparison, Racine County residents are about 72% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
O Brown Elementary has 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.3:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1, 1.6 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 39% at O Brown Elementary. That rate is below the 48% average among public schools in Racine County.
On the allk12 Grade, O Brown Elementary lands at D, ahead of 10% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 53.9%. O Brown Elementary scores 39.5%.
In Racine County, median household income comes to about $78,096, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Racine County counts 54 public schools with about 25,901 students.
The closest school to O Brown Elementary is Jerstad-Agerholm School, located about 2.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of O Brown Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, O Brown Elementary is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 375 to 540. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. By 2024-25, the school had 16.3 students per teacher, compared with 11.7 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at O Brown Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Jerstad-Agerholm School2.9 mi · 870
- Roosevelt Elementary3.8 mi · 195
- Horlick High4.0 mi · 1,212
- Wadewitz Elementary4.1 mi · 517
- Deerfield Elementary4.3 mi · 368
- Gilmore Fine Arts School4.4 mi · 737
Frequently asked questions
About O Brown ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at O Brown Elementary?
O Brown Elementary enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does O Brown Elementary serve?
O Brown Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does O Brown Elementary have?
O Brown Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at O Brown Elementary?
Student demographics at O Brown Elementary are roughly 60% White, 23% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is O Brown Elementary in?
O Brown Elementary is part of Racine Unified School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.