Kankakee Times

There were 44 Asian students enrolled in Kankakee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 17% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Asian students made up 0.3% of the 15,600 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 34 schools in Kankakee County, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 33 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	1.8%	1,840
Liberty Intermediate School	1.5%	738
Limestone Middle School	0%	459
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	0%	457
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	0%	189
Shabbona Elementary School	0%	289
St. Anne Community High School	0%	194
St. Anne Elementary School	0%	248
St. George Elementary School	0%	378
Herscher High School	0%	507
Herscher Intermediate School	0%	376
Bonfield Grade School	0%	296
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	0%	487
Bradley Central Middle School	0%	378
Bradley East Elementary School	0%	520
Bradley West Elementary School	0%	387
Je-Neir Elementary School	0%	334
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	0%	515
Manteno Elementary School	0%	698
Manteno High School	0%	549
Manteno Middle School	0%	528
Mark Twain Primary School	0%	274
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	0%	340
Steuben Elementary School	0%	271
Edison Primary School	0%	202
Taft Primary School	0%	300
Kankakee High School	0%	1,416
Kankakee Junior High School	0%	504
King Middle Grade School	0%	349
Momence High School	0%	318
Momence Junior High School	0%	342
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	0%	477
Grant Park Elementary School	0%	319
Grant Park High School	0%	121