Original Research by School Decision on St Anne Chsd 302
St Anne CHSD 302 is a small high school district in Kankakee County serving grades nine through twelve. The high school itself, St Anne Comm High School, enrolls just over two hundred students across its four grades, making it a close-knit setting where most students will know peers across class years.
The student body is racially and ethnically mixed, with roughly equal shares of Hispanic and white students, a substantial share of Black students, and smaller numbers of students from other backgrounds. The specific breakdown of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and counts of students with individualized education plans or English learner support, were not available in the data provided.
State testing data for the district were not available, so the academic profile in state-assessed subjects cannot be characterized from the information at hand. Without that context, a parent may want to speak directly with the high school about what curricula and support look like in core academic areas.
The district faces a chronic absenteeism rate that sits below the midpoint among Kankakee County's districts, suggesting that attendance patterns here are better than many peers in the county. At the same time, per-pupil current spending is in the upper range among county districts, meaning the high school is operating with relatively high resource investment per student.
A significant structural change is underway. In March 2024, voters approved a referendum consolidating St Anne CHSD 302 with St Anne CCSD (the K-8 elementary district) into a single Optional Elementary Unit District, effective July 1, 2024. This merger unifies governance and administration across the former two districts and establishes new combined tax rates for education, operations and maintenance, transportation, and special education. For families already in the district or considering the area, this consolidation means that K-12 education from elementary through high school will now operate under one administration and one set of tax levies. The consolidation affects a combined student population of roughly several hundred students across both the elementary and high school components.
The practical implications of this merger for high school operations, such as how curriculum, programming, and student support services may evolve under unified leadership, are not yet clear from available public reporting. A parent may want to reach out to the newly consolidated district office to understand how this structural change will affect daily life at the high school.
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