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Kankakee School District 111

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 4 towns

Serves Kankakee Township, Kankakee, Aroma Township and Aroma Park, and parts of Bourbonnais Township, Otto Township and St. Anne Township.

Kankakee Township’s Schools page →

Students
4,602
Schools
10
Spent per student
$19,298
IL $21,567
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
89%
Debt
$43M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Kankakee School District 111

  • Its letter, D−: results better than 4% of Illinois districts
  • Math proficiency 20 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 16 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 17 pts below the state
  • Spends 11% less per student than the IL average
  • 17 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 7.6% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $43M, about $9,337 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D−: better than 4% of the 887 Illinois school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
D
GraduationFour-year graduation well below the state, class of 2023
D−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
Kankakee Township 23,835DKankakee 23,400D−Aroma Township 4,827Aroma Park 647

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Kankakee Township. Grade by grade →

PK–35 elementary schoolsThis district
4–82 schoolsThis district
9–12Kankakee High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. IL

2020–21 · 2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency6%
State average 25.8% · 2,231 students tested
Reading / language arts14%
State average 29.9% · 2,256 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)71%
State average 87.6% · 392 in the class

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$19,298 per student · 11% below IL
Spending
Classroom instruction 50%Support & administration 45%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 22%State 62%Federal 17%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
4,980’20
4,964’21
4,784’22
4,655’23
4,602’24

Down 7.6% since 2020–21.

Students
Black 45%Hispanic 35%White 15%Two or more races 5%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

10 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools.

Proegler School
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Kankakee
466 students31:1
Lincoln Cltrl Ctr-Montessori Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Kankakee
C
437 students17:1
Steuben Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Kankakee
C−
234 students14:1
Mark Twain Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Kankakee
C−
192 students15:1
Taft Primary School
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Kankakee
C−
316 students16:1
Edison Primary School
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Kankakee
D−
192 students15:1
John Kennedy Middle Grade School
Elementary · Grades 2–6 · Kankakee
C
519 students20:1
King Middle Grade School
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Kankakee
C−
385 students20:1
Kankakee Junior High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Kankakee
C−
501 students18:1
Kankakee High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Kankakee
C−
1,360 students16:1

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307Bradley, Ganeer Township
$17,238per student
Herscher Community Unit School District 2Limestone Township, Pilot Township
$19,611per student
Momence Community Unit School District 1Ganeer Township
$17,011per student
St. Anne Unit District 24Beaverville Township, Papineau Township

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Illinois.