Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Gifford School, Racine, WI

CEP schoolGifford School is a public elementary school in Racine, part of Racine Unified School District. It enrolled 1,331 students in 2024-25, with 15.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,331
Teachers (FTE): 87.0
Students per teacher: 15.3
Grades: PK to 8

This school's ratio is 2.0 higher than the district figure of 13.3. The Wisconsin average across schools is 14.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.3

District13.3

Wisconsin14.0

United States15.3

School details

Address: 8332 Northwestern Ave, Racine, WI 53406
Phone: (262)619-4550
District: Racine Unified School District
County: Racine County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 551236002311

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 399
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 39930.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Racine Unified School District

Starbuck International School 1,133 students
Mitchell School 1,040 students
Jerstad-Agerholm School 870 students
Gilmore Fine Arts School 737 students
Julian Thomas Elementary 574 students
Johnson Elementary 557 students
O Brown Elementary 540 students
Wadewitz Elementary 517 students
Schulte School 479 students
Knapp Elementary 462 students
Fratt Elementary 435 students
Goodland Montessori 375 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Racine

21st Century Preparatory School Racine Charter One Inc

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.