Jones Elementary, Racine WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Jones Elementary

Jones Elementary is no longer open. The school, a regular public elementary school in the Racine Unified School District, has been closed, according to its official status. For a family looking at the Racine area, this means the building at 3300 Chicory Road is not accepting students, and the educational pathway it once provided is no longer available.

Racine is a mid-sized city on the shore of Lake Michigan, about halfway between Milwaukee and Chicago. Its economy has long been anchored by manufacturing and corporate headquarters—companies like S. C. Johnson, Case IH, and InSinkErator are based there. The city is diverse, with a population that includes a mix of white, Black, and Hispanic or Latino residents, and has a historic Danish immigrant heritage. Housing in Racine is relatively affordable compared to the larger nearby metros, and the city has been working on lakefront revitalization and small-business development. The Racine Unified School District itself has been navigating a long-running effort by some communities to secede and form their own districts, an issue that has involved referendums and litigation.

Because Jones Elementary is closed, there is no current enrollment, demographic, or staffing data to report. The most recent available academic results come from the 2022–23 school year, when the school was still operating and testing students in grades three through five. On the Wisconsin Forward exam, the share of students scoring proficient or above was very low across every subject and grade level. In mathematics, proficiency was below a quarter in all three grades, with fourth-grade math showing particularly low outcomes. In English language arts, results were also low, though fifth-grade ELA was somewhat higher than the earlier grades. Science and social studies, tested only in fourth grade, showed a similar pattern. The school had full or near-full participation in testing, so the results reflect nearly all enrolled students in those grades.

The data available does not include the number of students tested beyond what was reported per grade, nor does it break down results by student subgroups such as race, economic status, or special education. It also does not show how these proficiency rates compare to other schools in the district or state. A parent reviewing this information would see that the academic performance at Jones Elementary in its final years was well below what most families would expect.

For anyone researching schools in Racine today, the closure of Jones Elementary means that the students who would have attended there are now assigned elsewhere within the district. The context of the surrounding community—Racine's industrial base, its ongoing revitalization efforts, and the district's structural challenges around secession—remains relevant, but the school itself is no longer a choice. The data from its last tested year offers a snapshot of what the neighborhood school was like before it shut its doors.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 318%

School 18% · District 26% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 38 pts below state median

Grade 44%

School 4% · District 24% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 51 pts below state median

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 21% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 47 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 35%

School 5% · District 26% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 48 pts below state median

Grade 414%

School 14% · District 31% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 38 pts below state median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 29% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median

Science

Grade 414%

School 14% · District 27% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 38 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 414%

School 14% · District 43% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 51 pts below state median

This schoolRacine Unified School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income19%Higher-income33%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income6%Higher-income0%6 pp gap