Kankakee Times

The majority of students in Kankakee County schools were white in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 16,350 students attending Kankakee County schools, 54% were white. African American students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 20.8% of Kankakee County students.

In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in Kankakee County, representing 54.7% of the student body.

Liberty Intermediate School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, including 65.7% white students, 13.8% African American students, 12.2% Hispanic students, 6.8% multiracial students, and 1.5% Asian students.

In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.6% when compared to the previous year.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 3% 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.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrolment
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	White	62.1%	456
Bonfield Grade School	White	92.5%	320
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	White	66.5%	504
Bradley Central Middle School	White	56.6%	440
Bradley East Elementary School	White	55.8%	534
Bradley West Elementary School	White	59%	366
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	White	68.1%	1,883
Edison Primary School	African American	61.4%	184
Grant Park Elementary School	White	81.5%	297
Grant Park High School	White	86.7%	135
Herscher High School	White	94.3%	494
Herscher Intermediate School	White	93.7%	351
Je-Neir Elementary School	White	47.2%	299
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	African American	46.2%	498
Kankakee High School	African American	44.5%	1,513
Kankakee Junior High School	African American	46.3%	627
King Middle Grade School	African American	51.5%	371
Liberty Intermediate School	White	65.7%	732
Limestone Middle School	White	93.3%	508
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	African American	44.8%	484
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	African American	60%	175
Manteno Elementary School	White	84%	705
Manteno High School	White	82.7%	601
Manteno Middle School	White	82.9%	533
Mark Twain Primary School	African American	47.8%	272
Momence High School	White	51.6%	304
Momence Junior High School	White	49.2%	333
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	White	70.7%	321
Proegler School	African American	62.9%	329
Shabbona Elementary School	White	51.9%	268
St. Anne Community High School	White	34.4%	180
St. Anne Elementary School	White	62.2%	286
St. George Elementary School	White	72.5%	393
Steuben Elementary School	Hispanic	62.9%	286
Taft Primary School	African American	59%	368