Kankakee Times

There were 3,093 Black students enrolled in Kankakee County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Black students made up 19.6% of the 15,776 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the third most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 34 schools in Kankakee County County, Kankakee High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 646 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	43.6	1,483
Kankakee Junior High School	49.5	560
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	49.6	544
Taft Primary School	57.2	355
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	9.7	1,854
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	41	429
King Middle Grade School	48.8	344
Edison Primary School	67.7	189
Mark Twain Primary School	45.8	277
Liberty Intermediate School	13.8	718
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	54.5	154
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	13.9	497
Bradley East Elementary School	13	525
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	14.4	465
Steuben Elementary School	24	258
Bradley Central Middle School	14.9	402
Momence Junior High School	16.5	339
Momence High School	16.7	324
Shabbona Elementary School	18.6	264
Bradley West Elementary School	13.3	360
St. Anne Community High School	25.8	178
St. George Elementary School	11.9	386
Je-Neir Elementary School	13.5	325
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	9.3	343
Manteno Middle School	3.9	544
Manteno High School	2.4	579
Limestone Middle School	0	496
St. Anne Elementary School	0	277
Herscher High School	0	477
Herscher Intermediate School	0	370
Bonfield Grade School	0	313
Manteno Elementary School	0	697
Grant Park Elementary School	0	303
Grant Park High School	0	147