📍 5258 W Sr 10, Wheatfield, Jasper County, 46392
Kankakee Valley Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Wheatfield, Jasper County. The school has 741 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kankakee Valley School Corp school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 53% of students are proficient in reading. 44% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kankakee Valley Middle School enrolls 741 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 46 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 1.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 611 | 82% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 98 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
336 of the school's 741 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 301 qualify for free lunch and 35 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kankakee Valley Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 IN-40, state senate district 5, state house district 16.
Kankakee Valley Middle School is one of 5 schools in Kankakee Valley School Corp, based in Wheatfield, Indiana. The district serves 3,093 students district-wide and employs 208 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 741 students, Kankakee Valley Middle School is larger than the district average of about 619 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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