Kankakee Valley Middle School

As a reasonably sized middle-grades school in Wheatfield, Indiana, Kankakee Valley Middle School caters to 728 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Kankakee Valley School Corp. Enrollment runs roughly 23% larger than the state mean of about 594.

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

In terms of who attends, Kankakee Valley Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school shows 16% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Kankakee Valley Middle School records 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 46% 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 Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 37.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Jasper County indicate median household income runs about $77,314, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jasper County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,807 students), of which Kankakee Valley Middle School is one.

Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kankakee Valley Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Kankakee Valley Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kankakee Valley Middle School's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 812 (now 728). The White share of enrollment contracted from 88% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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