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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANKAKEE VALLEY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180528001412
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch
12345 N 550 W, Wheatfield, IN 46392 · (219) 987-2027 · Jasper County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B+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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
248 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 230 | 49% |
| Grade 5 | 239 | 51% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 57% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Kankakee Valley School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
51.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
55.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch this school | 469 | 52.9% | 50.1% |
| Washington Elementary School Warsaw | 500 | 51.8% | 48.1% |
| Manchester Elementary School N Manchester | 474 | 49.4% | 47.9% |
| Rensselaer Central Primary School Rensselaer | 398 | 51.0% | N/A |
| Rolling Prairie Elementary School Rolling Prairie | 414 | 51.2% | 47.5% |
| Thomas A Hendricks Elementary Sch Shelbyville | 565 | 52.2% | 33.5% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Jasper County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #303 of 983 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #314 of 986 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #217 of 986 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #450 of 1,079 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #752 of 991 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #604 of 996 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #529 of 1,058 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #307 of 597 | N/A |
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
469
-35 (-7%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 858
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 469 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 53% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 56% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 27.5 | 16.9:1 | 50% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 42% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 43% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 27 | 20.5:1 | 37% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 858 | 36 | 23.8:1 | 36% (312) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch.
About Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch is an elementary school with a street address in Wheatfield, Indiana. In all, 469 students attend the school in grades 4 through 5.
Kankakee Valley School Corp has 3,093 students in 5 schools, and Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch is one of those schools.
About 80% of the student body at Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch is White. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Jasper County, the White share is about 88%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch, there are about 16.8 students; the school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Indiana, 15.5:1, is lower. There are 248 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 53% of enrollment.
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.1% is 12.0 points above the 38.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jasper County show that the median household earns about $77,314 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Jasper County, 10 public schools serve about 4,807 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch from the closest public school, Kankakee Valley Middle School. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 504 (2020-21) to 469 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.0:1 to 16.8:1.
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Jasper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,234
Census ACS
Median income
$77,314
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
4,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kankakee Valley School Corp
- Kankakee Valley High SchoolHigh · 976 students
- Kankakee Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- DeMotte Elementary SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Wheatfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 324 students
Other schools in Wheatfield
- Kankakee Valley High SchoolHigh · 976 students
- Kankakee Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- Wheatfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 324 students
Nearby schools
- Kankakee Valley Middle School0.2 mi · 728
- Kankakee Valley High School1.5 mi · 976
- DeMotte Elementary School2.6 mi · 596
- Wheatfield Elementary School5.0 mi · 324
- Lincoln Elementary School8.6 mi · 244
- Hebron High School8.9 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About Kankakee Valley Intermediate SchWhat is the total enrollment at Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch?
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch enrolls approximately 469 students in grades 04-05.
What grades does Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch serve?
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch serves grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch have?
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
How diverse is Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch?
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch reports a student body of 80% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch?
Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch is overseen by Kankakee Valley School Corp in Jasper County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.