Kankakee Times

There were 8,248 white students enrolled in Kankakee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 52.9% of the 15,600 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 34 schools in Kankakee County, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,179 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 White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	64.1%	1,840
Manteno Elementary School	82.2%	698
Herscher High School	93.9%	507
Manteno High School	83.1%	549
Liberty Intermediate School	60.8%	738
Manteno Middle School	83.7%	528
Limestone Middle School	91.1%	459
Herscher Intermediate School	92.8%	376
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	63.7%	487
St. George Elementary School	74.1%	378
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	57.7%	477
Bradley East Elementary School	52.5%	520
Bonfield Grade School	86.8%	296
Grant Park Elementary School	78.4%	319
Kankakee High School	16.6%	1,416
Noel Levasseur Elementary School	65.9%	340
Bradley West Elementary School	53.2%	387
Bradley Central Middle School	53.7%	378
Momence High School	51.6%	318
Momence Junior High School	48%	342
Je-Neir Elementary School	47.3%	334
St. Anne Elementary School	62.1%	248
Shabbona Elementary School	52.9%	289
Grant Park High School	83.5%	121
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	21.9%	457
John Kennedy Middle Grade School	14.2%	515
Kankakee Junior High School	14.3%	504
St. Anne Community High School	35.1%	194
Taft Primary School	17.3%	300
King Middle Grade School	11.7%	349
Edison Primary School	18.8%	202
Mark Twain Primary School	13.5%	274
Steuben Elementary School	6.3%	271
Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School	0%	189