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

This ranking covers the highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Kankakee County, Illinois, drawn from 18 qualifying public elementary schools. Grant Park Elementary School leads the list at 74.9%, against a median of 38.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kankakee County, Illinois

Top % Proficient (Reading)

74.9%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

38.3%

BEST IN READING · KANKAKEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Grant Park Elementary School	Grant Park, IL	Grant Park CUSD 6	Elementary	325	74.9%	no change
2	St George Elementary School	Bourbonnais, IL	St George CCSD 258	Elementary	395	63.7%	no change
3	Manteno Elementary School	Manteno, IL	Manteno CUSD 5	Elementary	694	59.3%	no change
4	Alan B Shepard Elementary School	Bourbonnais, IL	Bourbonnais SD 53	Elementary	483	49.5%	▲ 2
5	Noel Levasseur Elementary School	Bourbonnais, IL	Bourbonnais SD 53	Elementary	305	48.8%	▲ 2
6	Herscher Intermediate School	Herscher, IL	Herscher CUSD 2	Elementary	391	46.4%	▼ 1
7	Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	437	45.1%	▲ 2
8	Bradley West Elementary School	Bradley, IL	Bradley SD 61	Elementary	395	41.7%	no change
9	Shabbona Elementary School	Bourbonnais, IL	Bourbonnais SD 53	Elementary	290	39.4%	▼ 5
10	St Anne Elementary School	Saint Anne, IL	St Anne CCSD 256	Elementary	254	37.2%	—
11	Je-Neir Elementary School	Momence, IL	Momence CUSD 1	Elementary	328	32.3%	▲ 2
12	Lorenzo R Smith Elementary School	Pembroke Township, IL	Pembroke CCSD 259	Elementary	193	26.5%	▼ 1
13	King Middle Grade School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	385	26.2%	▼ 1
14	Taft Primary School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	316	20.7%	▲ 2
15	John Kennedy Middle Grade School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	519	18.6%	▼ 1
16	Steuben Elementary School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	234	14.3%	▼ 1
17	Mark Twain Primary School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	192	11.1%	no change
18	Edison Primary School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Elementary	192	10.1%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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