Kankakee High School

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Coordinates: 41°06′18″N 87°53′07″W / 41.10501°N 87.88533°W / 41.10501; -87.88533
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Kankakee High School
Address
Map
1200 W. Jeffery Street

Kankakee
,
Kankakee County
,
Illinois
60901

United States
Coordinates41°06′18″N 87°53′07″W / 41.10501°N 87.88533°W / 41.10501; -87.88533
Information
Former namesEastridge High School (1966-83)
Westview High School (1966-83)
TypePublic Secondary
Established1965
School districtKankakee School District 111
SuperintendentGenevra Walters
PrincipalAlbert Brass
Teaching staff305 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
GenderCoed
Enrollment1,513 (2022-23)[1]
 • Grade 9380 students
 • Grade 10368 students
 • Grade 11360 students
 • Grade 12405 students
Student to teacher ratio21.1[1]
Schedule7:25 a.m. - 2:39 p.m.
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Columbia Blue
  Maroon
Athletics conferenceSouthland Athletic Conference
NicknameKays (Boys)
Lady Kays (Girls)
RivalsBradley-Bourbonnais Community High School
Bishop McNamara High School (Kankakee, Illinois)
AccreditationIllinois State Board of Education
Feeder schoolsLincoln Central Center
Montessori Elementary School
Kankakee Junior High School
Websitewww.ksd111.org/Domain/10

Kankakee High School (KHS) is a public secondary school in Kankakee, Illinois and is part of the Kankakee School District 111. KHS serves grades nine through twelve.

History[edit]

Kankakee High School was established in 1906 and served students until 1966. In 1966, KHS split into two schools*, one called Kankakee Eastridge High School (team named the Raiders, colors navy and orange) and the other called Kankakee Westview High School (team named the Kayhawks, colors old gold and Columbia blue). These two schools operated until 1983 when it unified once again (beginning with the academic year 1984) to form the "new" Kankakee High School (team name Kays, colors maroon and Columbia blue). The new KHS location, serving grades 9-12, occupied the former Westview building, with the former Eastridge building becoming Kankakee's junior high school (serving grades 7 and 8).

  • Interestingly, both new high schools were duplicates of each other architecturally.

Activities[edit]

Athletics[edit]

KHS currently has the following sports:

Demographics[edit]

  • Black: 44.5%
  • Hispanic: 33.4%
  • White: 20.8%
  • Asian: 0.5%
  • Native American: 0%
  • Other: 0.9%


References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Kankakee High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

Sources[edit]

Kankakee High School / Homepage. (2023)

External links[edit]

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