Summary:
Kankakee School District 111 in Illinois contains a single high school, Kankakee High School, which serves grades 9-12. The district as a whole is ranked 737 out of 811 in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is a low-performing school system.
Kankakee High School is ranked 591 out of 698 Illinois high schools for the 2024-2025 school year and has a 1-star rating. The school's performance on standardized tests, such as the ACT, PreACT Secure, and SAT, is significantly below the state averages, with only 23.7% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in ACT/English Language Arts compared to the state average of 51.7%. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and a dropout rate of 2.4%.
Despite the district spending $16,670 per student in the 2023-2024 school year, the academic performance at Kankakee High School remains consistently low, with the school ranked in the bottom half of Illinois high schools for the past three school years. The high percentage of students (87.35%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch suggests that the school serves a predominantly low-income student population, which may contribute to the academic challenges faced by the school.
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