Kankakee Times

There were 53 Asian 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 Asian students made up 0.3% of the 15,776 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 34 schools in Kankakee County County, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 28 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 Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	1.5	1,854
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	3	497
St. George Elementary School	2.6	386
Liberty Intermediate School	0	718
Limestone Middle School	0	496
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	0	429
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	0	154
Shabbona Elementary School	0	264
St. Anne Community High School	0	178
St. Anne Elementary School	0	277
Herscher High School	0	477
Herscher Intermediate School	0	370
Bonfield Grade School	0	313
Bradley Central Middle School	0	402
Bradley East Elementary School	0	525
Bradley West Elementary School	0	360
Je-Neir Elementary School	0	325
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	0	544
Manteno Elementary School	0	697
Manteno High School	0	579
Manteno Middle School	0	544
Mark Twain Primary School	0	277
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	0	343
Steuben Elementary School	0	258
Edison Primary School	0	189
Taft Primary School	0	355
Kankakee High School	0	1,483
Kankakee Junior High School	0	560
King Middle Grade School	0	344
Momence High School	0	324
Momence Junior High School	0	339
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	0	465
Grant Park Elementary School	0	303
Grant Park High School	0	147