Kankakee Times

There were 105 Asian students enrolled in Kankakee County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Asian students made up 0.7% of the 16,093 students in the county. They were the least represented ethnicity at the time.

Among the 12 districts in Kankakee County, Bourbonnais School District 53 recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 39 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Kankakee County.

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.

District	Asian Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Bourbonnais School District 53	1.7%	2,287
Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307	1.5%	1,854
Kankakee School District 111	0.3%	4,756
Bradley School District 61	0.9%	1,287
St. George Community Consolidated School District 258	2.6%	386