Herscher Intermediate Sch

Located at 391 N Main St, in Herscher, Illinois, Herscher Intermediate Sch is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that enrolls 391 students (grades 2 through 5), overseen by Herscher CUSD 2.

Herscher CUSD 2 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,686 students; Herscher Intermediate Sch is among them.

Demographically, Herscher Intermediate Sch records that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder comes out to 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Herscher Intermediate Sch has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Herscher Intermediate Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 35% of students at Herscher Intermediate Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kankakee County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Herscher Intermediate Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.1%, the actual is 42.6%, a residual of -8.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kankakee County put median household earnings sit near $71,281, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Kankakee County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students), Herscher Intermediate Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Herscher High School, around 0.1 miles off. 3 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 Herscher Intermediate Sch at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Herscher Intermediate Sch has declined 5%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 391 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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