Enrollment
127
High
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANT PARK CUSD 6·NCES 171737002052
Grant Park High School
421 Esson Farm Rd, Grant Park, IL 60940 · (815) 465-2181 · Kankakee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL127 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Illinois public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
52 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 32 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 28 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 32 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 35 | 28% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Grant Park CUSD 6. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grant Park High School
Grant Park High School's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Park High School this school | 127 | 40.9% | 50.4% |
| Stockton Sr High School Stockton | 170 | 41.2% | 47.7% |
| Earlville Jr/Sr High School Earlville | 97 | 38.1% | 34.0% |
| Woodland High School Streator | 138 | 37.0% | 39.9% |
| River Ridge High School Hanover | 128 | 36.7% | 44.1% |
| Flanagan-Cornell High School Flanagan | 106 | 41.5% | 41.5% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grant Park High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kankakee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #90 of 573 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 127 | #626 of 708 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.9% | #392 of 578 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
127
-21 (-14%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 132
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 127 | 11.4 | 11.1:1 | 41% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 124 | 11.9 | 10.4:1 | 39% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 150 | 11.6 | 12.9:1 | 30% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 148 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 174 | 12.8 | 13.7:1 | 40% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 164 | 12 | 13.7:1 | 27% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 165 | 14 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 165 | 12 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 132 | 10 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Park High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (174 to 127); teachers down 11% (12.8 to 11.4).
About Grant Park High School
This page covers Grant Park High School, a small high school in Grant Park, Illinois. The school's 127 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Illinois average about 834 students each.
Grant Park CUSD 6 enrolls 452 students, and its 2 schools include Grant Park High School.
White students are the large majority at Grant Park High School, with 81% of enrollment. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic. Grant Park High School has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 11.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.1 students per teacher. The 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 41%. The 61% average for public schools in Kankakee County is 20 points higher.
Grant Park High School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Illinois public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 47.9%. Grant Park High School scores 50.4%.
Kankakee County census figures show that median household income is about $71,281, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Grant Park High School is among the 44 public schools in Kankakee County.
The school nearest to Grant Park High School is Grant Park Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Within ten miles of Grant Park High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Grant Park High School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Grant Park High School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 148 in 2020-21 and 127 in 2024-25, a decrease of 21 students.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Kankakee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,635
Census ACS
Median income
$71,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
16,499 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grant Park CUSD 6
- Grant Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Grant Park Elementary School0.3 mi · 325
- Momence Jr High School5.8 mi · 327
- Momence High School5.8 mi · 315
- Je-Neir Elementary School5.9 mi · 328
- Beecher Elementary School6.9 mi · 459
- Beecher High School7.0 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Grant Park High SchoolHow large is Grant Park High School?
Grant Park High School enrolls approximately 127 students in grades 09-12.
Is Grant Park High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grant Park High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grant Park High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grant Park High School is approximately 11.1:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grant Park High School?
At Grant Park High School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Grant Park High School?
Grant Park High School is overseen by Grant Park CUSD 6 in Kankakee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.