Kane County Reporter

Dekalb High School had the highest enrollment among DeKalb County schools, welcoming 1,975 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.8% of them were boys, and 48.2% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Dekalb High School students was white, accounting for 40.9% of the student population.

Among the 40 schools in DeKalb County, Sycamore High School ranked second in enrollment with 1,162 students, while Huntley Middle School welcomed 918 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Dekalb High School is a part of DeKalb Community Unit School District 428, which generally encompasses schools within DeKalb County with its main office in DeKalb.

In the previous school year, Dekalb High School had the highest number of students among DeKalb County schools.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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	City	Total Enrolment
Dekalb High School	DeKalb	1,975
Sycamore High School	Sycamore	1,162
Huntley Middle School	DeKalb	918
Sycamore Middle School	Sycamore	840
Clinton Rosette Middle School	DeKalb	609
Founders Elementary School	DeKalb	586
Sandwich Community High School	Sandwich	579
Genoa-Kingston High School	Genoa	508
Cortland Elementary School	Cortland	497
North Grove Elementary School	Sycamore	461
Littlejohn Elementary School	DeKalb	398
Sandwich Middle School	Sandwich	394
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	Hinckley	333
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	DeKalb	333
Kingston Elementary School	Kingston	332
Genoa Elementary School	Genoa	328
Genoa-Kingston Middle School	Genoa	323
Jefferson Elementary School	DeKalb	315
Lincoln Elementary School	DeKalb	312
Tyler Elementary School	DeKalb	297
Southeast Elementary School	Sycamore	293
Malta Elementary School	Malta	291
Herman E. Dummer School	Sandwich	279
James R. Wood Elementary School	Somonauk	275
North Elementary School	Sycamore	272
West Elementary School	Sycamore	265
Indian Creek Elementary School	Shabbona	260
Indian Creek High School	Shabbona	255
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School	Sandwich	253
South Prairie Elementary School	Sycamore	252
Somonauk High School	Somonauk	246
Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School	Kirkland	227
Somonauk Middle School	Somonauk	222
Indian Creek Middle School	Waterman	212
Hinckley-Big Rock High School	Hinckley	209
Hiawatha Elementary School Prek-5	Kirkland	189
Prairie View Elementary School	Sandwich	174
Dekalb Early Learning And Development Center	DeKalb	172
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School	Big Rock	158
W.W. Woodbury Elementary School	Sandwich	147