Summary:
Seven elementary-category schools in zip code 60901 are all part of Kankakee School District 111. They serve different grade spans, from preschool or kindergarten through grade 3, to grades 3–6; Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary serves kindergarten through grade 8. In 2025–2026, the five schools with reported results in both subjects averaged 27% proficient in ELA and 17% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide—a 29-point ELA gap and a 23-point math gap. The most important finding is that reported results are below state levels, with especially wide differences between schools in ELA.
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary leads reported all-grades ELA at 50% proficient, 23 points above the other schools’ average and 7 points below the state. Edison Primary School is lowest among schools with reported ELA results at 13%; the top-to-bottom spread is 37 points. In math, Steuben Elementary School leads at 24%, while John Kennedy Middle Grade School is lowest at 11%, a 13-point difference. Grade-level results tell a different story: King Middle Grade School reports 84% in third-grade ELA and 88% in math, respectively 36 and 39 points above state results. Its reported grades 4–6 scores are much lower, so its third-grade results stand out from its other grades.
ELA improved more quickly than the state from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the six schools with results in both years rose from an average of 23% to 30%, an 8-point gain, and their average gap to the state narrowed by 4 points. Math was nearly flat, slipping from 18% to 17%, while the average gap widened by 2 points. As context, all seven schools reported the free/reduced lunch eligible measure for 2024–2025; the share ranged from 85% at Lincoln to 94% at King, with a seven-school average of 92%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings place Lincoln 1,254th and King 1,259th of 1,737 schools, while John Kennedy is 1,735th; these rankings are separate from proficiency scores.
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