Is King Middle Grade School a good school?

King Middle Grade School ranks 1464 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend King Middle Grade School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 344 students attended King Middle Grade School.

What is the racial makeup of King Middle Grade School?

Students at King Middle Grade School are 49% African American, 29% Hispanic, 16% White, 5% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of King Middle Grade School attend?

Students who attend King Middle Grade School usually go on to attend: Middle : Kankakee Junior High School High : Kankakee High School

King Middle Grade School

Summary:

King Middle Grade School is an elementary school located in Kankakee, Illinois, serving grades 3-6 with a total enrollment of 344 students. The school is part of the Kankakee School District 111, which is ranked 756 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past several years, King Middle Grade School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the recent school years.

King Middle Grade School faces significant challenges, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 31.2% to 62.3% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average and the rates of nearby schools like Taft Primary School (46.7%), John Kennedy Middle Grade School (38.9%), and the other Kankakee district schools (around 35% on average). The school's academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better in ELA and Math on the IAR assessments, is consistently lower than the state and district averages, with only 17.8% of students proficient or better in ELA and 8.9% in Math in the 2023-2024 school year.

Despite the relatively high per-student spending of around $15,600 to $15,700 in recent years, which is higher than the state average but similar to the other Kankakee district schools, King Middle Grade School has consistently struggled to improve its academic outcomes. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American and White students performing relatively better than their Hispanic and English Language Learner peers, though still well below state and district averages. Addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism, improving instructional practices, and providing targeted interventions will be crucial for the school to improve its academic performance and ensure equitable outcomes for all students.

Detail:

Public 3-6

1440 E Court St
Kankakee, IL 60901-4344

(815) 933-0750

District: Kankakee School District 111

SchoolDigger Rank:
1464^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,833

Students who attend King Middle Grade School usually attend:

Middle:	Kankakee Junior High School
High:	Kankakee High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.2

Number of students: 344

Racial breakdown:

African American:

48.8%

Hispanic:

29.4%

White:

15.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 91.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details King Middle Grade School ranks worse than 70.8% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 2^nd among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Kankakee School District 111. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.87. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at King Middle Grade School is $15,833, which is the 2^nd highest among 3 elementary schools in the Kankakee School District 111.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

King Middle Grade School:

SchoolDigger ranks King Middle Grade School 1464^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See King Middle Grade School in the ranking list.)

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Kankakee School District 111:

SchoolDigger ranks Kankakee School District 111 756^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at King Middle Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	20.42	1666^th	2020	17.5%
2004	14.48	1770^th	2030	12.8%
2005	19.89	1734^th	2022	14.2%
2006	17.68	1815^th	2086	13.0%
2007	24.82	1754^th	2095	16.3%
2008	28.10	1646^th	2092	21.3%
2009	25.62	1709^th	2120	19.4%
2010	21.83	1793^rd	2139	16.2%
2011	23.09	1788^th	2147	16.7%
2012	21.27	1830^th	2166	15.5%
2013	15.29	1908^th	2167	12.0%
2014	36.08	1397^th	2093	33.3%
2016	38.20	1213^th	2046	40.7%
2017	32.95	1334^th	2044	34.7%
2018	34.33	1313^th	2037	35.5%
2019	30.02	1449^th	2086	30.5%
2021	21.71	1515^th	1948	22.2%
2022	20.40	1647^th	2082	20.9%
2023	21.47	1626^th	2077	21.7%
2024	27.87	1464^th	2067	29.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at King Middle Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.77	524^th	718	27.0%
2019	32.11	578^th	743	22.2%
2021	49.11	178^th	537	66.9%
2022	19.20	762^nd	768	0.8%
2023	34.29	551^st	788	30.1%
2024	21.28	784^th	826	5.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at King Middle Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.32	618^th	763	19.0%
2019	23.55	1021^st	1194	14.5%
2021	35.40	384^th	640	40.0%
2022	26.25	881^st	1113	20.8%
2023	29.46	801^st	1156	30.7%
2024	28.38	874^th	1195	26.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at King Middle Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.24	945^th	1765	46.5%
2019	38.08	1156^th	1816	36.3%
2021	36.62	946^th	1514	37.5%
2022	29.85	1287^th	1763	27.0%
2023	30.89	1304^th	1808	27.9%
2024	40.19	1051^st	1793	41.4%

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Rank History for Female students at King Middle Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	37.24	1210^th	1964	38.4%
2019	33.34	1317^th	2019	34.8%
2021	21.02	1364^th	1680	18.8%
2022	24.30	1475^th	1970	25.1%
2023	20.68	1574^th	1957	19.6%
2024	20.32	1580^th	1942	18.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at King Middle Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	33.57	558^th	907	38.5%
2024	32.01	603^rd	886	31.9%

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Rank History for Male students at King Middle Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.87	1310^th	1972	33.6%
2019	28.44	1450^th	2019	28.2%
2021	20.46	1390^th	1707	18.6%
2022	18.68	1660^th	1977	16.0%
2023	21.62	1549^th	1984	21.9%
2024	24.13	1481^st	1959	24.4%

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Rank History for African American students at King Middle Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.39	319^th	698	54.3%
2019	47.66	305^th	711	57.1%
2021	39.49	225^th	428	47.4%
2022	33.69	448^th	684	34.5%
2023	35.39	442^nd	692	36.1%
2024	34.81	425^th	655	35.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at King Middle Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.52	466^th	938	50.3%
2019	33.05	670^th	955	29.8%
2021	41.47	390^th	742	47.4%
2022	22.42	829^th	954	13.1%
2023	30.93	690^th	970	28.9%
2024	24.64	773^rd	959	19.4%

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Rank History for White students at King Middle Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.67	1213^th	1463	17.1%
2019	26.70	1130^th	1462	22.7%
2021	23.10	1086^th	1308	17.0%
2022	34.54	978^th	1425	31.4%
2023	43.77	806^th	1419	43.2%
2024	34.08	965^th	1392	30.7%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for King Middle Grade School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	144	305	2	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	461
1989	100	314	1	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	431
1990	98	286	n/a	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	394
1991	83	308	1	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	402
1992	81	297	0	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	392
1993	144	357	0	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	526
1994	134	367	0	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	535
1995	125	389	0	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
1996	125	389	0	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
1997	95	402	0	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	539
1998	101	403	1	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	546
1999	105	407	3	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
2000	95	420	1	51	0	n/a	n/a	0	567
2001	80	422	0	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	565
2002	53	427	0	57	0	n/a	n/a	0	537
2003	53	427	0	57	0	n/a	n/a	0	537
2004	41	398	3	76	0	n/a	n/a	0	518
2005	41	382	0	77	0	n/a	n/a	12	512
2006	51	356	1	101	0	n/a	n/a	14	523
2007	46	327	1	108	0	n/a	n/a	16	498
2008	52	305	3	110	0	n/a	n/a	18	488
2009	65	315	3	110	1	n/a	n/a	16	510
2010	67	347	2	100	1	n/a	n/a	20	537
2011	74	295	1	90	1	0	19	0	480
2012	71	337	2	88	1	0	24	0	523
2013	73	333	3	102	0	0	29	0	540
2014	101	323	1	128	0	0	2	0	555
2015	102	295	2	124	0	0	5	0	528
2016	103	292	2	138	0	0	4	0	539
2017	109	332	3	132	0	0	2	0	578
2018	106	324	2	133	0	0	4	0	569
2019	98	291	1	115	0	0	9	0	514
2020	78	271	0	110	0	0	17	0	476
2021	75	232	1	109	0	0	16	0	433
2022	59	191	1	104	2	1	14	0	372
2023	54	168	1	101	3	1	16	0	344

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at King Middle Grade School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	461	28.8	16.0	n/a
1989	431	25.0	17.2	n/a
1990	394	26.1	15.0	n/a
1991	402	26.0	15.4	n/a
1992	392	28.0	14.0	n/a
1993	526	33.0	15.9	n/a
1994	535	33.0	16.2	n/a
1995	556	32.0	17.4	n/a
1996	556	32.0	17.4	n/a
1997	539	32.0	16.8	n/a
1998	546	33.0	16.5	n/a
1999	556	32.0	17.4	n/a
2000	567	33.0	17.2	n/a
2001	565	33.0	17.1	n/a
2002	537	34.0	15.8	92.4
2003	537	34.0	15.8	92.4
2004	518	34.0	15.2	95.4
2005	512	34.7	14.8	93
2006	523	32.7	16.0	95.5
2007	498	27.0	18.4	97.1
2008	488	29.0	16.8	96
2009	510	33.5	15.2	93.9
2010	537	36.6	14.6	95.7
2011	480	32.4	14.7	92.5
2012	523	30.9	16.9	89.9
2013	540	30.6	17.6	89.8
2014	555	35.4	15.6	89.5
2015	528	30.0	17.6	88.4
2016	539	30.0	17.9	83.3
2017	578	34.0	16.9	58.1
2018	569	33.5	16.9	68.2
2019	514	27.6	18.5	85.2
2020	476	26.5	17.9	85.3
2021	433	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	372	25.1	14.7	87.6
2023	344	25.9	13.2	91.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio King Middle Grade School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	461	28.8	16.0	n/a
1989	431	25.0	17.2	n/a
1990	394	26.1	15.0	n/a
1991	402	26.0	15.4	n/a
1992	392	28.0	14.0	n/a
1993	526	33.0	15.9	n/a
1994	535	33.0	16.2	n/a
1995	556	32.0	17.4	n/a
1996	556	32.0	17.4	n/a
1997	539	32.0	16.8	n/a
1998	546	33.0	16.5	n/a
1999	556	32.0	17.4	n/a
2000	567	33.0	17.2	n/a
2001	565	33.0	17.1	n/a
2002	537	34.0	15.8	92.4
2003	537	34.0	15.8	92.4
2004	518	34.0	15.2	95.4
2005	512	34.7	14.8	93
2006	523	32.7	16.0	95.5
2007	498	27.0	18.4	97.1
2008	488	29.0	16.8	96
2009	510	33.5	15.2	93.9
2010	537	36.6	14.6	95.7
2011	480	32.4	14.7	92.5
2012	523	30.9	16.9	89.9
2013	540	30.6	17.6	89.8
2014	555	35.4	15.6	89.5
2015	528	30.0	17.6	88.4
2016	539	30.0	17.9	83.3
2017	578	34.0	16.9	58.1
2018	569	33.5	16.9	68.2
2019	514	27.6	18.5	85.2
2020	476	26.5	17.9	85.3
2021	433	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	372	25.1	14.7	87.6
2023	344	25.9	13.2	91.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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