Kane County Reporter

Dekalb County schools welcomed 15,542 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 2.3% over the previous school year.

Dekalb County had the 18th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.5% boys, and 48.5% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 62.6% of its student body.

Within Dekalb County, Dekalb High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,975 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in 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. 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 five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Cortland Elementary School	Cortland	497
Dekalb Early Learning And Development Center	DeKalb	172
Dekalb High School	DeKalb	1,975
Founders Elementary School	DeKalb	586
Genoa Elementary School	Genoa	328
Genoa-Kingston High School	Genoa	508
Genoa-Kingston Middle School	Genoa	323
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	DeKalb	333
Herman E. Dummer School	Sandwich	279
Hiawatha Elementary School Prek-5	Kirkland	189
Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School	Kirkland	227
Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	Hinckley	333
Hinckley-Big Rock High School	Hinckley	209
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School	Big Rock	158
Huntley Middle School	DeKalb	918
Indian Creek Elementary School	Shabbona	260
Indian Creek High School	Shabbona	255
Indian Creek Middle School	Waterman	212
James R. Wood Elementary School	Somonauk	275
Jefferson Elementary School	DeKalb	315
Kingston Elementary School	Kingston	332
Lincoln Elementary School	DeKalb	312
Littlejohn Elementary School	DeKalb	398
Lynn G. Haskin Elementary School	Sandwich	253
Malta Elementary School	Malta	291
North Elementary School	Sycamore	272
North Grove Elementary School	Sycamore	461
Prairie View Elementary School	Sandwich	174
Sandwich Community High School	Sandwich	579
Sandwich Middle School	Sandwich	394
Somonauk High School	Somonauk	246
Somonauk Middle School	Somonauk	222
South Prairie Elementary School	Sycamore	252
Southeast Elementary School	Sycamore	293
Sycamore High School	Sycamore	1,162
Sycamore Middle School	Sycamore	840
Tyler Elementary School	DeKalb	297
W.W. Woodbury Elementary School	Sandwich	147
West Elementary School	Sycamore	265