📍 710 N Chicago Ave, Kankakee, Kankakee County, 60901
Proegler School is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Kankakee, Kankakee County. The school has 438 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Pamela Powell. It is part of the Kankakee SD 111 school district. It serves grades Pre-K in an urban setting. The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 31.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Proegler School enrolls 438 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 14 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 31.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 238 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 125 | 29% |
| White | 46 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 6.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
344 of the school's 438 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Proegler School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 40, state house district 79.
Proegler School is one of 11 schools in Kankakee SD 111, based in Kankakee, Illinois. The district serves 4,602 students district-wide and employs 288 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 438 students, Proegler School is close to the district average of about 418 students per school.
Setting: City - Small