Steuben Elementary School

Steuben Elementary School is a primary school of intimate scale in Kankakee, Illinois, part of Kankakee SD 111, enrolling 234 students in grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 39% leaner than typical.

Across the 10 schools in Kankakee SD 111 (4,602 students total), Steuben Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Steuben Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 25% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kankakee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Steuben Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.5%, the actual is 16.8%, a residual of -0.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kankakee County put the typical household earns roughly $71,281 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Steuben Elementary School is one of 44 public schools in Kankakee County (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Cltrl Ctr-Montessori Elem, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Steuben Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Steuben Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 18.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Steuben Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 297 (now 234). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 12% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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