📍 PO Box 549, Grant Park, Kankakee County, 60940
Grant Park Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grant Park, Kankakee County. The school has 304 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tracy Planeta. It is part of the Grant Park CUSD 6 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Grant Park Elem School enrolls 304 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 243 | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 56 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
131 of the school's 304 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Grant Park Elem School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-20, state senate district 17, state house district 34.
Grant Park Elem School is one of 2 schools in Grant Park CUSD 6, based in Grant Park, Illinois. The district serves 452 students district-wide and employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 304 students, Grant Park Elem School is larger than the district average of about 226 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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