DeKalb Times

There were 646 multiracial students enrolled in DeKalb County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that multiracial students made up 4.1% of the 15,760 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 38 schools in DeKalb County County, Dekalb High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 88 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	4.5	1,954
Huntley Middle School	7.5	922
Founders Elementary School	7.6	552
Cortland Elementary School	7.7	517
Sycamore High School	3.5	1,154
Clinton Rosette Middle School	6.3	599
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	10	340
Tyler Elementary School	10.4	308
Sycamore Middle School	3.7	815
North Grove Elementary School	5	478
Littlejohn Elementary School	6.3	352
Jefferson Elementary School	6.6	317
Sandwich Community High School	3.3	547
Sandwich Middle School	3.9	433
West Elementary School	6.9	248
Lincoln Elementary School	5.2	290
Malta Elementary School	4.9	283
North Elementary School	5.5	255
South Prairie Elementary School	4.5	289
Southeast Elementary School	4.3	300
Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School	5.8	207
W.W. Woodbury Elementary School	6.5	186
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	3.3	334
Hiawatha Elementary School Prek-5	4.9	205
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School	0	261
Somonauk High School	0	234
Somonauk Middle School	0	231
Indian Creek Elementary School	0	249
Indian Creek High School	0	251
Indian Creek Middle School	0	203
Herman E. Dummer School	0	250
Hinckley-Big Rock High School	0	205
James R. Wood Elementary School	0	279
Kingston Elementary School	0	338
Prairie View Elementary School	0	181
Genoa Elementary School	0	338
Genoa-Kingston High School	0	504
Genoa-Kingston Middle School	0	351