It encompasses a 100 sq mi (260 km2) area, and serves the city of Racine and six other towns and villages, which had a combined population of 139,193 at the 2010 census.

[3] The district moved to desegregate its schools in 1975, in an effort which was regarded as widely successful and held up as a model to other cities.

[4] A pair of referendums in 2015 asked residents of Caledonia and Sturtevant whether they wanted to secede from RUSD and create separate school districts.

[53] The district's school board consists of nine members, each serving three-year terms, with three positions coming up for election every year.

Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard replaced in him in 2008 when he took retirement, and subsequent superintendents were Jackson V. Parker III, James J. Shaw and Ann Laing.