📍 2250 E Court St, Kankakee, Kankakee County, 60901
Mark Twain Primary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kankakee, Kankakee County. The school has 213 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Vernita Sims. It is part of the Kankakee SD 111 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in an urban setting. The school employs 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mark Twain Primary School enrolls 213 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 61% male and 39% female. A teaching staff of 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 41% Hispanic or Latino and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 95 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 88 | 41% |
| White | 23 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 3.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
204 of the school's 213 students (96%) 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.
Mark Twain 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.
Mark Twain 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 213 students, Mark Twain 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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