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Schools in Kankakee Township

Kankakee Township’s public schools

Kankakee School District 111 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Kankakee Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/9schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 95% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
14%
2020–21
Math proficiency
6%
2020–21
Graduate on time
71%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.3K
▼ 11% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
17.5
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
11
4,602 students on the public path
In brief

Kankakee Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Kankakee Township’s 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. John Kennedy Middle Grade School places highest (better than 29%); Edison Primary School lowest (0%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Kankakee Township, graded from D− to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and one high school: Kankakee High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Kankakee Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–35 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD− to C
4–82 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C
9–12Kankakee High SchoolKankakee School District 111C−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Kankakee School District 111.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Kankakee School District 111Grades PK–12 · 10 schools · 4,602 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 17.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,298IL $21,567 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading14%
State average 29.9% · 2256 students tested
Math6%
State average 25.8% · 2231 students tested

Kankakee Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Kankakee Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Kankakee Township—Kankakee School District 111
AromaD−Kankakee School District 111 PK–12 · St. Anne Unit District 24 PK–12
OttoBCentral Community Unit School District 4
BourbonnaisBBourbonnais School District 53 PK–8 · St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 PK–8 · Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 9–12
LimestoneB+Herscher Community Unit School District 2
Kankakee (city)DKankakee School District 111 PK–12 · Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 9–12
BradleyC+Bradley School District 61 PK–8 · St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 PK–8 · Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 9–12

2 of the 6 neighbors share Kankakee School District 111 with Kankakee Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Kankakee Township

11 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Kankakee Townshipby address
Proegler School
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Kankakee
466 students31:1Rate it →
Lincoln Cltrl Ctr-Montessori Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Kankakee
C
437 students17:1Rate it →
Steuben Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Kankakee
C−
234 students14:1Rate it →
Mark Twain Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Kankakee
C−
192 students15:1Rate it →
Taft Primary School
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Kankakee
C−
316 students16:1Rate it →
Edison Primary School
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Kankakee
D−
192 students15:1Rate it →
John Kennedy Middle Grade School
Elementary · Grades 2–6 · Kankakee
C
519 students20:1Rate it →
King Middle Grade School
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Kankakee
C−
385 students20:1Rate it →
Kankakee Junior High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Kankakee
C−
501 students18:1Rate it →
Kankakee High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Kankakee
C−
1,360 students16:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Kankakee Trinity Academy
Grades PK–12 · Kankakee
Private · Religious
319 students18:1Rate it →

Left off: 3 public programs with fewer than 25 students (I Kan Regional Alternatve Att Ctr, Salt School and Avis Huff Student Support Service).

Questions about Kankakee Township’s schools

Are Kankakee Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Kankakee Township. Kankakee School District 111 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Kankakee Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Kankakee Township in?

Kankakee School District 111.

Where do Kankakee Township kids go to high school?

Kankakee High School.

Are there private schools in Kankakee Township?

Yes: Kankakee Trinity Academy (grades PK–12, 319 students).

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What Kankakee Township families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.