Kankakee Times

There were 3,393 Black students enrolled in Kankakee County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Black students made up 20.8% of the 16,350 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the second most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 35 schools in Kankakee County County, Kankakee High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 673 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 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	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Kankakee High School	44.5	1,513
Kankakee Junior High School	46.3	627
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	46.2	498
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	44.8	484
Taft Primary School	59	368
Proegler School	62.9	329
King Middle Grade School	51.5	371
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	9.7	1,883
Mark Twain Primary School	47.8	272
Edison Primary School	61.4	184
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	60	175
Liberty Intermediate School	13.8	732
Bradley East Elementary School	15	534
Bradley Central Middle School	16.1	440
Steuben Elementary School	24.5	286
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	13.8	456
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	11.3	504
Shabbona Elementary School	20.9	268
Bradley West Elementary School	14.5	366
St. George Elementary School	13	393
Momence Junior High School	14.7	333
Momence High School	15.5	304
St. Anne Community High School	25.6	180
Je-Neir Elementary School	13.7	299
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	9.3	321
Manteno Middle School	4.3	533
Limestone Middle School	0	508
St. Anne Elementary School	0	286
Herscher High School	0	494
Herscher Intermediate School	0	351
Bonfield Grade School	0	320
Manteno Elementary School	0	705
Manteno High School	0	601
Grant Park Elementary School	0	297
Grant Park High School	0	135