Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch

Set in Wheatfield, Indiana, Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch is a medium-sized primary school, operated by Kankakee Valley School Corp. It enrolls 469 students across grades 4 through 5.

Across the 5 schools in Kankakee Valley School Corp (3,093 students total), Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch records that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.1%, the actual is 50.1%, a residual of +12.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jasper County put median household income runs about $77,314, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch is one of 10 public schools in Jasper County (combined enrollment of about 4,807 students).

Kankakee Valley Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.8%.

Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 533 (now 469). White enrollment moved from 88% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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