Enrollment
192
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANKAKEE SD 111·NCES 172076002367
Mark Twain Primary School
2250 E Court St, Kankakee, IL 60901 · (815) 933-0722 · Kankakee County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Illinois public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
180 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 63% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 11% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
11.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
11.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.1% | 11.1% |
| 2023-24 | 4.0% | 0.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
8.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Mark Twain Primary School
Mark Twain Primary School's state test result (8.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Primary School this school | 192 | 93.8% | 8.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Chicago Heights | 157 | 92.4% | 27.5% |
| Green Bay Early Childhood Center North Chicago | 211 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Greenbriar Elementary School Chicago Heights | 174 | 98.3% | 44.8% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Joliet | 235 | 94.0% | 31.4% |
| Steuben Elementary School Kankakee | 234 | 93.6% | 16.8% |
Matched among Illinois elementary 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 Mark Twain Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kankakee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.1% | #1,907 of 1,925 | #17 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #1,866 of 2,077 ▲ 205 | #17 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #2,055 of 2,077 no change | #17 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 192 | #2,071 of 2,419 | #22 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #192 of 2,132 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.8% | #43 of 1,461 | #1 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
192
-36 (-16%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 325
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 | 192 | 12.8 | 15.0:1 | 94% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 11.9 | 17.8:1 | 93% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 13.6 | 15.7:1 | 96% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 17.5 | 18.9:1 | 77% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 13 | 29.7:1 | 82% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | 17 | 21.8:1 | 39% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 17 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 325 | 16 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mark Twain Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (330 to 192); teachers down 27% (17.5 to 12.8).
About Mark Twain Primary School
Mark Twain Primary School is a public elementary school in Kankakee, Illinois. The school enrolls 192 students, from pre-K through 3. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 50% smaller than that.
Mark Twain Primary School is a school in Kankakee SD 111. The district has 10 schools and 4,602 students.
A majority of students at Mark Twain Primary School, 56%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 30% Black, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Kankakee County, the Hispanic share is about 13%. The chance that two students picked at random at Mark Twain Primary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.0:1, with 12.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 94% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kankakee County is 61%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Mark Twain Primary School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mark Twain Primary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 8.1% actual against 17.4% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Kankakee County show that median household income is about $71,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Mark Twain Primary School is one of 44 public schools in Kankakee County, which together enroll about 16,499 students.
The school nearest to Mark Twain Primary School is Kankakee Junior High School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Mark Twain Primary School is 7th among 7 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put Mark Twain Primary School inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 228 to 192.
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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 Kankakee SD 111
- Kankakee High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- John Kennedy Middle Grade SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Kankakee Junior High SchoolMiddle · 501 students
- Proegler SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- King Middle Grade SchoolElementary · 385 students
Other schools in Kankakee
- Kankakee High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- John Kennedy Middle Grade SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Kankakee Junior High SchoolMiddle · 501 students
- Limestone Middle SchoolMiddle · 468 students
- Proegler SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
Other Mark Twain Primary schools
One other US public school is named Mark Twain Primary. Mark Twain Primary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mark Twain Primary SchoolMiamisburg, OH · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Kankakee Junior High School0.1 mi · 501
- Edison Primary School0.5 mi · 192
- Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School0.7 mi · 437
- King Middle Grade School0.8 mi · 385
- Steuben Elementary School1.2 mi · 234
- Proegler School1.5 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About Mark Twain Primary SchoolHow large is Mark Twain Primary School?
Mark Twain Primary School enrolls approximately 192 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Mark Twain Primary School serve?
Mark Twain Primary School serves grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Mark Twain Primary School have?
Mark Twain Primary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mark Twain Primary School?
At Mark Twain Primary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 56% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mark Twain Primary School public or private?
Mark Twain Primary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kankakee SD 111.
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