📍 1200 W Jeffery St, Kankakee, Kankakee County, 60901
Kankakee High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Kankakee, Kankakee County. The school has 1,513 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Albert Brass. It is part of the Kankakee SD 111 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 83.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 6% are proficient in maths. The school offers 13 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kankakee High School enrolls 1,513 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 83.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Black or African American, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 662 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 537 | 35% |
| White | 290 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 15 | <1% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,295 of the school's 1,513 students (86%) 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.
Kankakee High 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.
Kankakee High 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 1,513 students, Kankakee High School is larger 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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