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Kankakee, Illinois - 10 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Kankakee Sd 111 #359 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,370 per pupil, Kankakee Sd 111 ranks #389 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,784
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$16,370
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kankakee Sd 111 operates 10 public schools serving 4,784 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 3 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Kankakee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,370 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.0% local, 55.1% state, and 20.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 39/100, ranked #359 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 265.4:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 62.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.1% African American, 35.3% Hispanic or Latino, 13.9% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lincoln Cltrl Ctr-Montessori Elem, with a diversity index of 67.5/100.
Its largest campus is Kankakee High School, enrolling 1,360 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mark Twain Primary School, at 192 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kankakee High School accounts for 28.4% of all Kankakee Sd 111 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Kankakee Sd 111-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Kankakee Sd 111 school enrollment varies 7.1× across entities
Kankakee Sd 111 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 campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Kankakee Sd 111 student-counselor ratio is 265:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Kankakee Sd 111 is typically wider than the Kankakee Sd 111-aggregate figure suggests.
Kankakee Sd 111 chronic absenteeism rate is 62.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.