Kankakee Times

There were 3,208 Hispanic 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 Hispanic students made up 20.3% of the 15,776 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the second most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 34 schools in Kankakee County County, Kankakee High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 532 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Kankakee High School	35.9	1,483
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	16.5	1,854
Kankakee Junior High School	33.2	560
Steuben Elementary School	67.1	258
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	29.8	544
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	29.8	429
Je-Neir Elementary School	33.5	325
Momence Junior High School	31.6	339
Liberty Intermediate School	14.6	718
Mark Twain Primary School	37.2	277
King Middle Grade School	29.4	344
Bradley East Elementary School	18.9	525
Bradley Central Middle School	21.9	402
St. Anne Elementary School	29.6	277
Bradley West Elementary School	22.5	360
Momence High School	25	324
Manteno Elementary School	10.9	697
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	15.5	465
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	13.5	497
Taft Primary School	16.6	355
St. Anne Community High School	32.6	178
Grant Park Elementary School	18.5	303
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	35.7	154
Manteno High School	8.8	579
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	14	343
Shabbona Elementary School	17.4	264
Manteno Middle School	8.3	544
St. George Elementary School	7	386
Edison Primary School	13.2	189
Bonfield Grade School	6.4	313
Grant Park High School	12.2	147
Limestone Middle School	3.4	496
Herscher High School	3.4	477
Herscher Intermediate School	2.7	370