Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
This is a 2.9% decrease from the previous school year.
Kankakee High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 1,416 students.
Kankakee School District 111 roughly covers schools within Kankakee County and has a main office in Kankakee.
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 three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.
| School | Enrollment | Change from Previous Year (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Kankakee Junior High School | 504 | -10% |
| Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School | 457 | 6.5% |
| King Middle Grade School | 349 | 1.5% |
| Taft Primary School | 300 | -15.5% |
| Mark Twain Primary School | 274 | -1.1% |
| Edison Primary School | 202 | 6.9% |
| Steuben Elementary School | 271 | 5% |
| John Kennedy Middle Grade School | 515 | -5.3% |
| Kankakee High School | 1,416 | -4.5% |
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