DeKalb Times

There were 9,492 white students enrolled in DeKalb County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 60.2% of the 15,760 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 38 schools in DeKalb County County, Sycamore High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 917 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 White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Sycamore High School	79.5	1,154
Dekalb High School	39.3	1,954
Sycamore Middle School	81.1	815
Sandwich Community High School	74.4	547
North Grove Elementary School	79.3	478
Genoa-Kingston High School	74.2	504
Huntley Middle School	37.4	922
Sandwich Middle School	72.5	433
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	81.7	334
Genoa Elementary School	76.9	338
Kingston Elementary School	76	338
Genoa-Kingston Middle School	70.9	351
Southeast Elementary School	81	300
James R. Wood Elementary School	84.6	279
South Prairie Elementary School	75.8	289
North Elementary School	83.9	255
Indian Creek Elementary School	85.1	249
Cortland Elementary School	39.1	517
Indian Creek High School	80.5	251
Somonauk High School	85.9	234
Somonauk Middle School	84	231
Herman E. Dummer School	75.6	250
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School	65.1	261
Clinton Rosette Middle School	28.4	599
Indian Creek Middle School	83.3	203
Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School	81.2	207
West Elementary School	66.5	248
Hiawatha Elementary School Prek-5	80	205
Hinckley-Big Rock High School	79	205
Prairie View Elementary School	89.5	181
Malta Elementary School	47.3	283
W.W. Woodbury Elementary School	71.5	186
Founders Elementary School	22.1	552
Jefferson Elementary School	37.9	317
Lincoln Elementary School	40.3	290
Littlejohn Elementary School	27.8	352
Tyler Elementary School	21.1	308
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	17.1	340