Kankakee County Education: Which district had most students enrolled in schools in 2021-22 school year

Kankakee School District 111 Principal Dr. Genevra Walters (2023) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevra-walters/

By Kankakee Times

Jan 17, 2024

Kankakee School District 111 had the highest enrollment among Kankakee County districts, welcoming 4,932 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.4% of them were boys, and 49.6% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Kankakee School District 111 students was Black, accounting for 47.4% of the student population.

Among the 12 districts in Kankakee County, Bourbonnais School District 53 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,281 students, while Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 welcomed 1,883 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Kankakee School District 111 roughly covers schools within Kankakee County with its main office in Kankakee.

In the previous school year, Kankakee School District 111 also had the highest number of students among Kankakee County districts.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.

Enrollment in Kankakee School District 111 Over 5 Years

Enrollment in Kankakee County Districts During 2021-22 School Year

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Kankakee School District 111	Kankakee	4,932
Bourbonnais School District 53	Bourbonnais	2,281
Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307	Bradley	1,883
Manteno Community Unit School District 5	Manteno	1,839
Herscher Community Unit School District 2	Herscher	1,673
Bradley School District 61	Bradley	1,340
Momence Community Unit School District 1	Momence	936
Grant Park Community Unit School District 6	Grant Park	432
St. George Community Consolidated School District 258	Bourbonnais	393
St. Anne Community Consolidated School District 256	St. Anne	286
St. Anne Community High School District 302	St. Anne	180
Pembroke Consolidated Community School District 259	Hopkins Park	175