Kankakee Times

There were 8,560 white students enrolled in Kankakee County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 54.3% of the 15,776 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 34 schools in Kankakee County County, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,236 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 White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	66.7	1,854
Manteno Elementary School	83.5	697
Manteno High School	82.7	579
Limestone Middle School	93.8	496
Liberty Intermediate School	64.5	718
Manteno Middle School	83.3	544
Herscher High School	93.9	477
Herscher Intermediate School	92.7	370
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	61.4	497
Bradley East Elementary School	55.8	525
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	62.4	465
Kankakee High School	18.9	1,483
St. George Elementary School	72.3	386
Bonfield Grade School	89.1	313
Grant Park Elementary School	79.9	303
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	66.2	343
Bradley Central Middle School	55.2	402
Bradley West Elementary School	56.4	360
Momence High School	54.6	324
St. Anne Elementary School	62.5	277
Je-Neir Elementary School	48.6	325
Momence Junior High School	46.6	339
Shabbona Elementary School	51.9	264
Grant Park High School	86.4	147
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	25.2	429
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	16.5	544
Kankakee Junior High School	13.9	560
Taft Primary School	19.2	355
St. Anne Community High School	34.3	178
King Middle Grade School	15.7	344
Mark Twain Primary School	13	277
Edison Primary School	14.3	189
Steuben Elementary School	7	258
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	0	154