Kankakee Times

There were 747 multiracial students enrolled in Kankakee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that multiracial students made up 4.8% of the 15,600 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 34 schools in Kankakee County, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 105 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 Multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	5.7%	1,840
Bradley East Elementary School	11.5%	520
Liberty Intermediate School	7.2%	738
Bradley West Elementary School	12.4%	387
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	7.5%	477
Shabbona Elementary School	10.7%	289
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	6.4%	487
Manteno Elementary School	4%	698
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	7.9%	340
Bradley Central Middle School	6.6%	378
Kankakee High School	1.6%	1,416
St. George Elementary School	5.8%	378
Je-Neir Elementary School	6.6%	334
Manteno Middle School	4.2%	528
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	4.6%	457
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	4.1%	515
Limestone Middle School	4.1%	459
Manteno High School	3.5%	549
King Middle Grade School	4.9%	349
Taft Primary School	5%	300
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	7.4%	189
St. Anne Community High School	7.2%	194
Bonfield Grade School	4.7%	296
St. Anne Elementary School	5.2%	248
Momence Junior High School	3.8%	342
Kankakee Junior High School	2.4%	504
Herscher High School	2.2%	507
Herscher Intermediate School	2.9%	376
Mark Twain Primary School	0%	274
Steuben Elementary School	0%	271
Edison Primary School	0%	202
Momence High School	0%	318
Grant Park Elementary School	0%	319
Grant Park High School	0%	121