DeKalb Times

DeKalb County schools welcomed 15,609 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 3% from the previous school year, when there were 16,094 students enrolled in the county.

DeKalb County had the 17th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.8% identified as male, and 48.2% as female.

The most represented ethnicity among DeKalb County students was white, making up about 59.9% of all the students.

Within DeKalb County, Dekalb High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,936 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Clinton Rosette Middle School	DeKalb	568
Cortland Elementary School	Cortland	504
Dekalb High School	DeKalb	1,936
Founders Elementary School	DeKalb	542
Genoa Elementary School	Genoa	344
Genoa-Kingston High School	Genoa	465
Genoa-Kingston Middle School	Genoa	348
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	DeKalb	314
Herman E. Dummer School	Sandwich	252
Hiawatha Elementary School Prek-5	Kirkland	215
Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School	Kirkland	202
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	Hinckley	345
Hinckley-Big Rock High School	Hinckley	200
Huntley Middle School	DeKalb	876
Indian Creek Elementary School	Shabbona	251
Indian Creek High School	Shabbona	254
Indian Creek Middle School	Waterman	222
James R. Wood Elementary School	Somonauk	298
Jefferson Elementary School	DeKalb	319
Kingston Elementary School	Kingston	331
Lincoln Elementary School	DeKalb	266
Littlejohn Elementary School	DeKalb	359
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School	Sandwich	268
Malta Elementary School	Malta	285
North Elementary School	Sycamore	291
North Grove Elementary School	Sycamore	426
Prairie View Elementary School	Sandwich	189
Sandwich Community High School	Sandwich	531
Sandwich Middle School	Sandwich	423
Somonauk High School	Somonauk	223
Somonauk Middle School	Somonauk	238
South Prairie Elementary School	Sycamore	349
Southeast Elementary School	Sycamore	299
Sycamore High School	Sycamore	1,152
Sycamore Middle School	Sycamore	828
Tyler Elementary School	DeKalb	283
W.W. Woodbury Elementary School	Sandwich	161
West Elementary School	Sycamore	252