Kankakee Times

There were 873 white students enrolled in Kankakee School District 111 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Kankakee School District 111 welcomed 5,165 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 17.7% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

Kankakee School District 111 roughly covers schools within Kankakee County and has a main office in Kankakee.

Among the 10 schools in Kankakee School District 111, Kankakee High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 315 students.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	4,932	873	17.7%
2021	4,925	893	18.1%
2020	5,044	970	19.2%
2019	5,151	992	19.3%
2018	5,165	1,018	19.7%