Original Research by School Decision on Racine Correctional Institution
Racine Correctional Institution is a specialized alternative school operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, serving only grades eleven and twelve. It is located in the village of Sturtevant in Racine County. The school is not a typical public or charter school; its purpose is to provide educational services within a correctional setting, and the data reflects that narrow mission.
The enrollment is minimal, limited to a single student in grade twelve. That student is identified as Black. No other demographic information is available, including shares qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch or receiving special education or English learner services. The school does not report state assessment results or a graduation rate. These gaps are not oversights. The school operates outside the usual accountability framework for conventional K-12 schools. State testing programs typically do not cover students in correctional facilities in the same way, and graduation metrics may not apply in the standard sense given the transient and short-term nature of the population served. A parent or resident looking for conventional academic performance data will not find it here.
Sturtevant itself is a village of moderate size that blends residential neighborhoods with substantial commercial and industrial activity. It contains two business parks hosting a large number of firms, including internationally owned companies and distribution centers. The village has been actively growing, with new multi-family housing developments and a recently built hotel. Civic amenities include multiple parks, an Amtrak station with service to Milwaukee and Chicago, and annual community events such as fireworks and a parade. The village’s largest employers include Ruud Lighting, BRP, Andis Company, and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, which operates a transitional facility in Sturtevant. That facility provides offender reintegration programs, work release, and community service. The correctional institution school appears to be part of that same Department of Corrections infrastructure.
Because the school is an alternative correctional facility, comparisons to other schools in Racine County are not meaningful. The available comparison set — relative to other districts in the county — could not generate any metrics because the school’s proficiency index, graduation rate, and chronic absenteeism rate were all missing or inapplicable. There is no program information, no course access data, no discipline data, and no staffing information in the record. The district responsible is the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, not a local school board.
For anyone seeking to understand this place, the key takeaway is straightforward: this is a correctional education program with a very small enrollment serving students in the final years of high school within a state prison or detention setting. Standard academic measures are absent by design. A family or resident looking for information about typical academic pathways, peer environment, or student support should expect an entirely different context here. Anyone needing to know more about the specific curriculum, reentry services, or post-release outcomes would need to contact the Wisconsin Department of Corrections directly, as those details are not captured in the public data available for this profile.
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