DeKalb Times

There were 9,343 white students enrolled in DeKalb County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 59.9% of the 15,609 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 38 schools in DeKalb County, Sycamore High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 899 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 name	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Sycamore High School	78%	1,152
Dekalb High School	37.3%	1,936
Sycamore Middle School	80.4%	828
Sandwich Community High School	75%	531
North Grove Elementary School	83.1%	426
Genoa-Kingston High School	72.3%	465
Huntley Middle School	36%	876
Sandwich Middle School	73%	423
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	82.9%	345
Genoa Elementary School	75.6%	344
South Prairie Elementary School	72.2%	349
Genoa-Kingston Middle School	72.4%	348
James R. Wood Elementary School	83.6%	298
Southeast Elementary School	81.3%	299
Kingston Elementary School	73.1%	331
North Elementary School	80.1%	291
Indian Creek Elementary School	84.5%	251
Indian Creek High School	81.9%	254
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School	74.3%	268
Cortland Elementary School	39.3%	504
Somonauk Middle School	82.4%	238
Herman E. Dummer School	77.8%	252
Somonauk High School	84.8%	223
Indian Creek Middle School	78.8%	222
Hiawatha Elementary School Prek-5	81.4%	215
Hinckley-Big Rock High School	82%	200
Prairie View Elementary School	86.8%	189
Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School	80.2%	202
West Elementary School	62.3%	252
Clinton Rosette Middle School	25.7%	568
Malta Elementary School	43.5%	285
W.W. Woodbury Elementary School	73.3%	161
Founders Elementary School	21.4%	542
Jefferson Elementary School	35.7%	319
Lincoln Elementary School	40.2%	266
Littlejohn Elementary School	29.2%	359
Tyler Elementary School	18.7%	283
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	15.6%	314