Kankakee Times

Kankakee County schools welcomed 16,350 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.6% over the previous school year.

Kankakee County had the 17th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.2% boys, and 48.8% girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Kankakee County students was white, making up about 54% of all the students.

Within Kankakee County, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,883 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's 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 five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	Bourbonnais	456
Bonfield Grade School	Bonfield	320
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	Bourbonnais	504
Bradley Central Middle School	Bradley	440
Bradley East Elementary School	Bradley	534
Bradley West Elementary School	Bradley	366
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	Bradley	1,883
Edison Primary School	Kankakee	184
Grant Park Elementary School	Grant Park	297
Grant Park High School	Grant Park	135
Herscher High School	Herscher	494
Herscher Intermediate School	Herscher	351
Je-Neir Elementary School	Momence	299
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	Kankakee	498
Kankakee High School	Kankakee	1,513
Kankakee Junior High School	Kankakee	627
King Middle Grade School	Kankakee	371
Liberty Intermediate School	Bourbonnais	732
Limestone Middle School	Kankakee	508
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	Kankakee	484
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	Hopkins Park	175
Manteno Elementary School	Manteno	705
Manteno High School	Manteno	601
Manteno Middle School	Manteno	533
Mark Twain Primary School	Kankakee	272
Momence High School	Momence	304
Momence Junior High School	Momence	333
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	Bourbonnais	321
Proegler School	Kankakee	329
Shabbona Elementary School	Bourbonnais	268
St. Anne Community High School	St. Anne	180
St. Anne Elementary School	St. Anne	286
St. George Elementary School	Bourbonnais	393
Steuben Elementary School	Kankakee	286
Taft Primary School	Kankakee	368