NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Kankakee, IL

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11 public K-12 schools in Kankakee from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
5,070
Students
31.9/100
Avg Resource Index
16.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Kankakee has more public-school enrollment than 56% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Kankakee's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Kankakee's 11 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 34-point gap between Kankakee High School and Proegler School shows the range hidden by Kankakee's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 44%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
16th percentile
Teacher staffing
34th percentile

Kankakee High School accounts for 26.8% of all Kankakee public-school enrollment

That concentration means Kankakee-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Kankakee school enrollment varies 7.1× across entities

Kankakee school enrollment ranges from 192 students (lowest) to 1,360 students (highest), a spread of 1,168 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Kankakee student-teacher ratio is 16.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Kankakee is typically wider than the Kankakee-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Kankakee High School 49
2. Limestone Middle Sch 48
3. Kankakee Junior High School 43
4. Mark Twain Primary School 37
5. King Middle Grade School 36
6. John Kennedy Middle Grade School 34
7. Taft Primary School 23
8. Steuben Elementary School 23
9. Edison Primary School 22
10. Lincoln Cltrl Ctr-Montessori Elem 21
11. Proegler School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Kankakee

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lincoln Cltrl Ctr-Montessori Elem 67.5/100
  2. 2 John Kennedy Middle Grade School 65.2/100
  3. 3 Kankakee High School 64.5/100
  4. 4 Kankakee Junior High School 63.6/100
  5. 5 Taft Primary School 62.9/100

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Which Kankakee school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Kankakee High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Kankakee schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Kankakee, IL? ▼

Kankakee has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,070 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.