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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Kankakee County, Illinois

Across Kankakee County, Illinois, 25 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Grant Park Elem School leads the list at 74.9%, against a median of 41.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kankakee County, Illinois

Top % Proficient (Reading)

74.9%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

41.7%

BEST IN READING · KANKAKEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Grant Park Elem School	Grant Park, IL	Grant Park CUSD 6	Elementary	325	74.9%
2	Liberty Intermediate School	Bourbonnais, IL	Bourbonnais SD 53	Middle	714	66.8%
3	Manteno Middle School	Manteno, IL	Manteno CUSD 5	Middle	520	66.8%
4	St George Elem School	Bourbonnais, IL	St George CCSD 258	Elementary	395	63.7%
5	Limestone Middle Sch	Kankakee, IL	Herscher CUSD 2	Middle	468	62.9%
6	Manteno Elem School	Manteno, IL	Manteno CUSD 5	Elementary	694	59.3%
7	Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	Bourbonnais, IL	Bourbonnais SD 53	Middle	484	55.4%
8	Bradley Central Middle School	Bradley, IL	Bradley SD 61	Middle	364	52.7%
9	Alan B Shepard Elem School	Bourbonnais, IL	Bourbonnais SD 53	Elementary	483	49.5%
10	Noel Levasseur Elem School	Bourbonnais, IL	Bourbonnais SD 53	Elementary	305	48.8%
11	Herscher Intermediate Sch	Herscher, IL	Herscher CUSD 2	Elementary	391	46.4%
12	Lincoln Cltrl Ctr-Montessori Elem	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	437	45.1%
13	Bradley West Elem School	Bradley, IL	Bradley SD 61	Elementary	395	41.7%
14	Shabbona Elem School	Bourbonnais, IL	Bourbonnais SD 53	Elementary	290	39.4%
15	St Anne Elem School	Saint Anne, IL	St Anne CCSD 256	Elementary	254	37.2%
16	Je-Neir Elem School	Momence, IL	Momence CUSD 1	Elementary	328	32.3%
17	Momence Jr High School	Momence, IL	Momence CUSD 1	Middle	327	29.0%
18	Kankakee Junior High School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Middle	501	28.3%
19	Lorenzo R Smith Elem School	Pembroke Township, IL	Pembroke CCSD 259	Elementary	193	26.5%
20	King Middle Grade School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	385	26.2%
21	Taft Primary School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	316	20.7%
22	John Kennedy Middle Grade School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	519	18.6%
23	Steuben Elementary School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	234	14.3%
24	Mark Twain Primary School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	192	11.1%
25	Edison Primary School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	192	10.1%

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