📍 1155 W Hawkins St, Kankakee, Kankakee County, 60901
Taft Primary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kankakee, Kankakee County. The school has 354 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kendra Leftridge. It is part of the Kankakee SD 111 school district. It serves grades K–3 in an urban setting. The school employs 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Taft Primary School enrolls 354 students across grades K–3. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Black or African American, 19% White and 17% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 202 | 57% |
| White | 68 | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 59 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
298 of the school's 354 students (84%) 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.
Taft Primary 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.
Taft Primary 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 354 students, Taft Primary School is smaller than the district average of about 418 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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