DeKalb Times

There were 2,848 white students enrolled in Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 welcomed 3,732 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 80.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 roughly covers schools within DeKalb County and has a main office in Sycamore.

Among the seven schools in Sycamore Community Unit School District 427, Sycamore High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 945 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	3,545	2,848	80.3%
2021	3,533	2,872	81.3%
2020	3,713	3,072	82.7%
2019	3,761	3,105	82.6%
2018	3,732	3,149	84.4%