Kankakee High School
Address
1200 W. Jeffery Street Kankakee , Kankakee County , Illinois 60901 United States
Coordinates	41°06′18″N 87°53′07″W / 41.10501°N 87.88533°W / 41.10501; -87.88533
Information
Former names	Eastridge High School (1966-83) Westview High School (1966-83)
Type	Public Secondary
Established	1965
School district	Kankakee School District 111
Superintendent	Genevra Walters
Principal	Albert Brass
Teaching staff	305 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coed
Enrollment	1,513 (2022-23)[1]
• Grade 9	380 students
• Grade 10	368 students
• Grade 11	360 students
• Grade 12	405 students
Student to teacher ratio	21.1[1]
Schedule	7:25 a.m. - 2:39 p.m.
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Columbia Blue   Maroon
Athletics conference	Southland Athletic Conference
Nickname	Kays (Boys) Lady Kays (Girls)
Rivals	Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School Bishop McNamara High School (Kankakee, Illinois)
Accreditation	Illinois State Board of Education
Feeder schools	Lincoln Central Center Montessori Elementary School Kankakee Junior High School
Website	www.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

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

• Art Club
• Band
• Orchestra
• Book Club
• Chess Club
• Choir
• Show Choir
• Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA)
• Mathletes
• National Honor Society (NHS)
• Robotics
• Scholastic Bowl
• Student Council

Athletics

KHS currently has the following sports:

• Football
• Basketball (boys and girls)
• Baseball
• Softball
• Volleyball
• Swimming (boys and girls)
• Soccer (boys and girls)
• Track (boys and girls)
• Cross Country (boys and girls)
• Cheerleading
• Tennis (boys and girls)
• Powerlifting (boys and girls)
• Wrestling (boys and girls)
• Bowling (boys and girls)
• Golf (boys and girls)
• Esports

Demographics

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