District profile / Wisconsin

Racine Unified School District

Racine, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Soren Gajewski · #5 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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15,781

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,320

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 19% above the Wisconsin median

13.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Racine Unified School District is a public school district based in Racine, Wisconsin, serving 15,781 students in 25 schools. By enrollment it ranks #5 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 98% of them. Its schools average 631 students each, more than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Soren Gajewski. It spends about $15,320 per student on day-to-day operations, 19% more than the Wisconsin median. It has roughly 13.3 students per teacher. We've matched 1 news story to the district.

How Racine compares

RacineWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,320

Wisconsin median $12,911 · 19% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$9,071

Wisconsin median $7,657 · 18% above · FY2020-21

Students per school631

Wisconsin median 430 · 47% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.3

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor376

Wisconsin median 358 · 5% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$338.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 57%Local 34%

Measure	Racine	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,320	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,071	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$324.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$338.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,187	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,509	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.3	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	376	358	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Wisconsin median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

Leadership

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Soren Gajewski

Superintendent, Racine Unified School District

Source: Wisconsin DPI, School Directory, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

In the news

1 story matched

Leadership

More Than 15,000 Milwaukee-Area, Se WI Students Receive Automatic College Admission Offers as UW, Milwaukee Public Schools, Racine Unified School District Leaders Urge Students to Fill Out Direct Admit Wisconsin Forms

Urban Milwaukee · October 16, 2026 · Milwaukee Public Schools, WI

Peer districts in Wisconsin

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Green Bay Area Public School DistrictGreen Bay	18,379	41	$14,312	12.8	#3
Kenosha School DistrictKenosha	18,315	33	$14,162	14.7	#4
Racine Unified School DistrictRacine · this district	15,781	25	$15,320	13.3	#5
Appleton Area School DistrictAppleton	14,994	39	$12,386	13.9	#6
Waukesha School DistrictWaukesha	10,922	27	$12,778	13.9	#7

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Florence 01Florence, SC	15,861	$12,396	13.4
Coachella Valley UnifiedThermal, CA	15,817	$16,179	21.3
Salinas Union HighSalinas, CA	15,813	$13,447	21.1
Conejo Valley UnifiedThousand Oaks, CA	15,724	$11,901	20.9

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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