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There were 8,560 white students enrolled in Kankakee County County schools in 2022-23 school year

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Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com

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.

Ethnicities in Kankakee County County in 2022-23 School Year
White [54.3%]Black [19.6%]Hispanic [20.3%]Ethnicities <5 [4.8%]
Enrollment Demographics in Kankakee County County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of White students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School66.71,854
Manteno Elementary School83.5697
Manteno High School82.7579
Limestone Middle School93.8496
Liberty Intermediate School64.5718
Manteno Middle School83.3544
Herscher High School93.9477
Herscher Intermediate School92.7370
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center61.4497
Bradley East Elementary School55.8525
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School62.4465
Kankakee High School18.91,483
St. George Elementary School72.3386
Bonfield Grade School89.1313
Grant Park Elementary School79.9303
Noel Levasseur Elementary School66.2343
Bradley Central Middle School55.2402
Bradley West Elementary School56.4360
Momence High School54.6324
St. Anne Elementary School62.5277
Je-Neir Elementary School48.6325
Momence Junior High School46.6339
Shabbona Elementary School51.9264
Grant Park High School86.4147
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School25.2429
John Kennedy Middle Grade School16.5544
Kankakee Junior High School13.9560
Taft Primary School19.2355
St. Anne Community High School34.3178
King Middle Grade School15.7344
Mark Twain Primary School13277
Edison Primary School14.3189
Steuben Elementary School7258
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School0154

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