By the Numbers: Racine Graduation Rates Dip in 2015 After 4-Year Reported Increase

CALEDONIA -- Wisconsin had 57,698 students graduate from high school with a regular diploma in 2015, a graduation rate of 88.4 percent that bests the national rate of 82.3 percent.

The Racine Unified School District saw 1,171 students earn their high school diploma in 2015, with a graduation rate of 74.3 percent - one of the lower rates in southeastern Wisconsin, however still up compared with five years ago.

Racine - Historical Graduation Rates

2011: 68.0%
2012: 69.8%
2013: 72.4%
2014: 78.0%
2015: 74.3%

Racine - By the Numbers in 2015
2015: 74.3% (1171 students)
American Indian 85.7% (6 students)
Asian 88.9 % (16 students)
Black 63% (262 students)
Hispanic 67.9% (243 students)
White 83.0% (619 students)
Multi-Racial 83.3 (25 students)

See how the Racine Unified School District stacks up to neighboring school districts and their 2015 graduation rates:

All Students

1. 98.3% New Berlin
2. 98.1% Nicolet
3. 98.0% Menomonee Falls
4. 97.7% Greendale
5. 97.6% Mequon-Thiensville
6. 97.3% South Milwaukee
7. 97.2% Hudson
8. 97.0% Shorewood
9. 96.9% Oak Creek-Franklin
10. 96.8% Whitnall
11. 96.7% Sussex-Hamilton
12. 96.6% Elmbrook
13. 96.2% Port Washington-Saukville
14. 95.8% Muskego-Norway
15. 95.2% Brown Deer
16. 95.1% Germantown
17. 93.5% Wauwatosa
18. 93.3% Cudahy
19. 93.3% Whitefish Bay
20. 91.9% St. Francis
21. 86.% Greenfield
22. 84.0% Waukesha
23. 74.3% Racine
24. 58.2% Milwaukee

Racine Unified ranks near the state average of 64% when graduating black students in 2015:

Black Students

1. 100% (43 students) Menomonee Falls
2. 100% (31 students) Shorewood
3. 100% (9 students) Hudson
4. 95.2% (40 students) Nicolet
5. 93.4% (71 students) Brown Deer
6. 93.8% (30 students) Whitefish Bay
7. 93.0% (40 students) Oak Creek-Franklin
8. 92.9% (26 students) Mequon-Thiensville
9. 92.2% (95 students) Wauwatosa
10. 90.0% (27 students) Elmbrook
11. 85.7% (12 students) Germantown
12. 81.3% (13 students) St. Franics
13. 70.3% (45 students) Waukesha
14. 63.0% (262 students) Racine
15. 54.7% (1801 students) Milwaukee

As we mentioned earlier, Racine also ranks at the lower end of graduation rates for Hispanic students in 2015, about 10 percent off the state average of 77.5%:

Hispanic Students

1. 100% (19 students) Menomonee Falls
2. 100% (10 students) Sussex-Hamilton
3. 100% (9 students) Germantown
4. 100% (8 students) Brown Deer
5. 98.6% (71 students) Oak Creek-Franklin
6. 97.2% (35 students) St. Francis
7. 95.2% (20 students) Whitnall
8. 93.8% (30 students) South Milwaukee
9. 93.3% (14 students) Greendale
10. 92.3% (12 students) Muskego
11. 92.3% (12 students) Whitefish Bay
12. 90.9% (20 students) Elmbrook
13. 86.2% (25 students) Cudahy
14. 83.8% (57 students) Greenfield
15. 82.4% (28 students) Wauwatosa
16. 77.8% (7 students) Port Washington-Saukville
17. 77.6% (125 students) Waukesha
18. 67.9% (243 students) Racine
19. 58.7% (639 students) Milwaukee