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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551236001642
Wadewitz Elementary
2700 Yout St, Racine, WI 53404 · (262) 664-6000 · Racine County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 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
11.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
401 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 | 44 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
66%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
20.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
23.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.9% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.3% | 19.6% |
% 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Wadewitz Elementary
Wadewitz Elementary's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadewitz Elementary this school | 517 | 77.6% | 23.4% |
| Johnson Elementary Racine | 557 | 74.7% | 16.2% |
| Hackett Elementary Beloit | 434 | 74.2% | 16.3% |
| Frank Elementary Kenosha | 457 | 85.3% | 29.2% |
| Julian Thomas Elementary Racine | 574 | 81.7% | 15.6% |
| Strange Elementary Kenosha | 522 | 82.0% | 31.0% |
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 Wadewitz Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #882 of 982 | #24 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #873 of 992 ▲ 25 | #22 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #896 of 992 ▼ 25 | #25 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #130 of 1,157 | #10 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #179 of 901 | #5 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #143 of 901 | #11 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #133 of 1,064 | #8 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #362 of 664 | #9 of 13 |
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
517
+43 (+9%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 517 | 45.4 | 11.4:1 | 78% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 48.4 | 10.2:1 | 81% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 48.2 | 11.3:1 | 76% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 45 | 10.5:1 | 87% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 48.8 | 12.3:1 | 76% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 52 | 10.8:1 | 79% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 78% (546) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 33% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 45 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wadewitz Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (598 to 517); teachers down 7% (48.8 to 45.4).
About Wadewitz Elementary
Wadewitz Elementary is a public elementary school run by Racine Unified School District in Racine, Wisconsin. It enrolled 517 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 60% higher than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, which is about 323.
Racine Unified School District is the district for Wadewitz Elementary. It has 27 schools and 16,557 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Wadewitz Elementary is Hispanic (47%). Smaller groups are 29% Black, 14% White, and 9% multiracial. In Racine County overall, about 15% of residents are Hispanic. Wadewitz Elementary has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Wadewitz Elementary, 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Roughly 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Racine County.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Wadewitz Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wadewitz Elementary's results are 6.7 points below predicted: 23.4% against 30.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Racine County show that median household income is about $78,096, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Wadewitz Elementary is one of 54 public schools in Racine County, which together enroll about 25,901 students.
The closest public school, Horlick High, is about 0.2 miles from Wadewitz Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Wadewitz Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Wadewitz Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 517 was 9% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 474.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Horlick High0.2 mi · 1,212
- Gilmore Fine Arts School0.4 mi · 737
- Racine Alternative Learning0.5 mi · 183
- DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility1.0 mi · 32
- Roosevelt Elementary1.1 mi · 195
- Red Apple School1.2 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Wadewitz ElementaryHow many students attend Wadewitz Elementary?
Wadewitz Elementary enrolls approximately 517 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wadewitz Elementary serve?
Wadewitz Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wadewitz Elementary?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Wadewitz Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Wadewitz Elementary?
Student demographics at Wadewitz Elementary are roughly 14% White, 47% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Wadewitz Elementary public or private?
Wadewitz Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Racine Unified School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.