📍 2250 E Crestwood St, Kankakee, Kankakee County, 60901
Kankakee Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Kankakee, Kankakee County. The school has 560 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sharon Alexander. It is part of the Kankakee SD 111 school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 42.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. 4% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kankakee Junior High School enrolls 560 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 42.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 14% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 278 | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 185 | 33% |
| White | 78 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
504 of the school's 560 students (90%) 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 Junior 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 Junior 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 560 students, Kankakee Junior 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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