DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility

DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility is an one-room-style senior high in Racine, Wisconsin, run under Wisconsin Department of Corrections. The school instructs 32 students in grades 11 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 93% leaner than the state mean of about 475.

Across the 13 schools in Wisconsin Department of Corrections (159 students total), DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility shows that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 9% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Racine County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,096 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Racine County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students), of which DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility is one.

The closest other public school is Julian Thomas Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 83%: 192 students in 2018 compared to 32 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 64.0:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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