DeKalb Times

There were 3,335 Hispanic students enrolled in DeKalb County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Hispanic students made up 21.2% of the 15,760 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the second most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 38 schools in DeKalb County County, Dekalb High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 628 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Dekalb High School	32.1	1,954
Huntley Middle School	29.8	922
Founders Elementary School	40.8	552
Cortland Elementary School	41.8	517
Clinton Rosette Middle School	34.1	599
Littlejohn Elementary School	50.3	352
Sycamore High School	10.7	1,154
Sandwich Community High School	20.3	547
Genoa-Kingston High School	20.8	504
Sandwich Middle School	21.7	433
Sycamore Middle School	11.2	815
Genoa-Kingston Middle School	24.5	351
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School	29.5	261
Kingston Elementary School	19.5	338
Jefferson Elementary School	20.2	317
Genoa Elementary School	18.9	338
Herman E. Dummer School	21.2	250
North Grove Elementary School	10.9	478
West Elementary School	19.4	248
Malta Elementary School	15.5	283
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	12.9	334
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	12.1	340
South Prairie Elementary School	13.5	289
W.W. Woodbury Elementary School	19.9	186
Tyler Elementary School	12	308
Indian Creek High School	12.7	251
Hinckley-Big Rock High School	15.6	205
James R. Wood Elementary School	11.1	279
Indian Creek Middle School	13.8	203
Hiawatha Elementary School Prek-5	13.7	205
Lincoln Elementary School	9	290
Southeast Elementary School	8.7	300
Indian Creek Elementary School	10.4	249
Somonauk Middle School	10.8	231
Somonauk High School	10.3	234
Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School	10.6	207
Prairie View Elementary School	9.9	181
North Elementary School	6.3	255