DeKalb Times

There were 118 Asian students enrolled in DeKalb County schools in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Asian students made up 0.7% of the 16,151 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 40 schools in DeKalb County, Dekalb High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 29 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 3% 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.

School name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Dekalb High School	1.5	1,975
Sycamore High School	2.2	1,162
Jefferson Elementary School	5.7	315
Sandwich Community High School	2.2	579
Huntley Middle School	1.3	918
North Grove Elementary School	2.2	461
Sycamore Middle School	1.2	840
Cortland Elementary School	0	497
Lincoln Elementary School	0	312
Littlejohn Elementary School	0	398
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School	0	253
Sandwich Middle School	0	394
Somonauk High School	0	246
Somonauk Middle School	0	222
South Prairie Elementary School	0	252
Southeast Elementary School	0	293
Indian Creek Elementary School	0	260
Indian Creek High School	0	255
Indian Creek Middle School	0	212
Herman E. Dummer School	0	279
Hiawatha Elementary School Prek-5	0	189
Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School	0	227
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	0	333
Hinckley-Big Rock High School	0	209
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School	0	158
Clinton Rosette Middle School	0	609
Dekalb Early Learning And Development Center	0	172
W.W. Woodbury Elementary School	0	147
West Elementary School	0	265
Founders Elementary School	0	586
James R. Wood Elementary School	0	275
Malta Elementary School	0	291
North Elementary School	0	272
Tyler Elementary School	0	297
Kingston Elementary School	0	332
Prairie View Elementary School	0	174
Genoa Elementary School	0	328
Genoa-Kingston High School	0	508
Genoa-Kingston Middle School	0	323
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	0	333