Park High

Park High operates as a large secondary school in Racine, Wisconsin, overseen by Racine Unified School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,203 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 153% above typical.

Racine Unified School District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 16,557 students; Park High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Park High shows that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 21% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Racine County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at Park High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Racine County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Park High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.9%; Park High posts 14.6%, -20.3 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Racine County shows median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Racine County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students), of which Park High is one.

The closest other public school is Racine County Detention Center, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Park High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Park High at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 24.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 1,435 students in 2018 compared to 1,203 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 31% to 41% over that span.

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