Grant Park High School

As a tiny senior high in Grant Park, Illinois, Grant Park High School serves 127 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Grant Park CUSD 6. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Grant Park High School sits 85% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Grant Park CUSD 6 (452 students total), Grant Park High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Grant Park High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest reads as 17% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Grant Park High School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kankakee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grant Park High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.4%.

Around the school, census data for Kankakee County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,281 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grant Park High School is one of 44 public schools in Kankakee County (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students).

Grant Park Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grant Park High School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Grant Park High School's enrollment has shrank 27% since 2018, when it stood at 174 (now 127). Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 17% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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