Original Research by School Decision on Racine Youthful Offender Warren Young High
Racine Youthful Offender Warren Young High serves grades eleven and twelve as an alternative school operating under the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, not within a traditional public school district. This matters for anyone trying to understand the school's profile, because conventional academic measures do not apply here in the way they do for neighborhood high schools.
State testing data is absent because the school sits outside the typical testing framework. No graduation rate is reported for this setting. Parents and residents looking for proficiency scores or attendance benchmarks will not find them, and that gap reflects the school's correctional purpose rather than any hidden weakness.
The school's enrollment is small and composed entirely of twelfth graders. The student body is predominantly Black, with a White minority and a smaller number of Hispanic students and Asian students. The school is in Racine, a mid-sized lakeside city with a strong manufacturing base and a diverse population. The city blends industrial facilities, working-class residential streets, and a revitalizing lakefront anchored by cultural institutions and recreational amenities like North Beach and the Racine Zoo.
For a family or resident assessing this school, it is best understood as a specialized setting serving a specific population within the corrections system rather than a comprehensive high school.
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