DeKalb Times

There were 621 multiracial students enrolled in DeKalb County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that multiracial students made up 3.9% of the 15,993 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 39 schools in DeKalb County County, Dekalb High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 83 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 Multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Dekalb High School	4.2	1,975
Huntley Middle School	6.6	918
Founders Elementary School	8.4	586
Clinton Rosette Middle School	6.6	609
Sycamore Middle School	4.2	840
Tyler Elementary School	11.8	297
Cortland Elementary School	6.8	497
Littlejohn Elementary School	7.3	398
Sycamore High School	2.5	1,162
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	8.4	333
North Grove Elementary School	5.9	461
Jefferson Elementary School	7	315
Sandwich Community High School	3.6	579
Malta Elementary School	5.5	291
Sandwich Middle School	3.6	394
Southeast Elementary School	4.8	293
Dekalb Early Learning And Development Center	8.1	172
West Elementary School	5.3	265
Lincoln Elementary School	4.2	312
Indian Creek High School	4.3	255
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	3.3	333
North Elementary School	4	272
Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School	4.4	227
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School	0	253
Somonauk High School	0	246
Somonauk Middle School	0	222
South Prairie Elementary School	0	252
Indian Creek Elementary School	0	260
Indian Creek Middle School	0	212
Herman E. Dummer School	0	279
Hiawatha Elementary School Prek-5	0	189
Hinckley-Big Rock High School	0	209
W.W. Woodbury Elementary School	0	147
James R. Wood Elementary School	0	275
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