The Department of Public Instruction report cards are an annual measurement of how school districts and individual schools are performing and are one way that the state measures educational success. Schools and districts are scored on a 100-point scale weighted for factors including a district’s poverty rate.
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Racine Unified School District workers will be paid more next school year to keep up with inflation.
The Racine Unified School District Board has approved its 2025-26 interim budget.
All Racine Unified School District students will receive free breakfast and lunch in 2025-26, but that may not be the case in 2026-27.
Work is set to begin next month to install solar panels at Racine Unified School District buildings.
Wisconsin is one of eight states with no laws or rules regarding cellphone use in public schools, according to the Associated Press.
The product is intended to help with virtual reality and hands-on learning.
The 2025-26 final budget proposal includes the elimination of 35.22 full-time equivalent staff positions.
The Racine Unified School District Board during its business meeting Monday approved the purchase of a “zSpace” educational resource at a maximum cost of $199,969 over two years.
The Racine Unified School District Board approved its 2025-26 final budget during its business meeting Monday.
Once the building is demolished, RUSD plans to maintain ownership of the property at 915 Romayne Ave.
Of the 14 public school districts in Racine County, only two did not meet expectations.
Racine Unified earned a two-star rating on the state’s latest report card, falling just short of meeting expectations. Here’s how each school performed.
Jefferson Lighthouse Elementary is for sale at an asking price of $975,000.
Those priorities include state funding for K-12 education and transparent voucher school funding.
The estimated cost is $1.87 million.
Area school districts seem supportive of a lawsuit that argues for better public education funding.
Plaintiffs include school districts, education unions, education advocacy organizations, parents and students.
Sonnenberg Schools is a nonprofit K-12 school for autistic and special needs children with two locations in Racine.
They talked about the challenges of decreased state funding for public education and the resulting limitations on schools.
The school district reached tentative agreements Wednesday regarding 2026-27 base wages with the union representing RUSD instructors and the union representing RUSD building service employees.
Chants included “Pay us or lose us,” “Educators deserve a living wage” and “Retain, don’t retrain.”
The Racine Unified School District Board reelected a president and vice president and elected two new officers during a reorganization meeting Monday.
Voters made their choices in many Racine County school board races Tuesday.

