DeKalb Times

There were 2,392 white students enrolled in DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 welcomed 6,598 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 35.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 roughly covers schools within DeKalb County and has a main office in DeKalb.

Among the 12 schools in DeKalb Community Unit School District 428, Dekalb High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 808 students.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	6,703	2,392	35.7%
2021	6,472	2,477	38.3%
2020	6,604	2,669	40.4%
2019	6,682	2,896	43.3%
2018	6,598	3,057	46.3%