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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in DeKalb County, Illinois

39 public schools in DeKalb County, Illinois appear in this ranking of the public schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Tyler Elementary School leads the list at 55.9%, against a median of 2.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

DeKalb County, Illinois

Top % Black

55.9%

Median % Black

2.7%

MOST BLACK · DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Tyler Elementary School	De Kalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	265	148	55.9%
2	Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	328	182	55.5%
3	Lincoln Elementary School	DeKalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	272	123	45.2%
4	Malta Elementary School	Malta, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	293	112	38.2%
5	Jefferson Elem School	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	308	95	30.8%
6	Founders Elementary School	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	565	167	29.6%
7	DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	281	81	28.8%
8	Huntley Middle School	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	865	231	26.7%
9	Clinton Rosette Middle School	DeKalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	575	149	25.9%
10	DeKalb High School	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	2,134	508	23.8%
11	Littlejohn Elem School	DeKalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	362	51	14.1%
12	Cortland Elementary School	Cortland, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	523	61	11.7%
13	South Prairie Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	456	26	5.7%
14	West Elem School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	270	15	5.6%
15	Sycamore Middle School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	847	32	3.8%
16	North Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	309	11	3.6%
17	Indian Creek High School	Shabbona, IL	Indian Creek CUSD 425	268	9	3.4%
18	Indian Creek Middle School	Waterman, IL	Indian Creek CUSD 425	213	7	3.3%
19	Sycamore High School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	1,161	36	3.1%
20	Southeast Elem School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	300	8	2.7%
21	North Grove Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	377	9	2.4%
22	Hiawatha Jr/Sr High School	Kirkland, IL	Hiawatha CUSD 426	211	4	1.9%
23	Hinckley-Big Rock Elem Sch	Hinckley, IL	Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429	297	5	1.7%
24	Indian Creek Elementary School	Shabbona, IL	Indian Creek CUSD 425	269	4	1.5%
25	Somonauk High School	Somonauk, IL	Somonauk CUSD 432	224	3	1.3%
26	Genoa-Kingston Middle School	Genoa, IL	Genoa Kingston CUSD 424	355	4	1.1%
27	Genoa-Kingston High School	Genoa, IL	Genoa Kingston CUSD 424	485	5	1.0%
28	Hiawatha Elem Sch PreK-5	Kirkland, IL	Hiawatha CUSD 426	216	2	0.9%
29	Genoa Elementary School	Genoa, IL	Genoa Kingston CUSD 424	353	3	0.8%
30	Somonauk Middle School	Somonauk, IL	Somonauk CUSD 432	249	2	0.8%
31	Herman E Dummer	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	275	2	0.7%
32	Sandwich Community High School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	560	4	0.7%
33	James R Wood Elem School	Somonauk, IL	Somonauk CUSD 432	298	2	0.7%
34	Kingston Elementary School	Kingston, IL	Genoa Kingston CUSD 424	310	2	0.7%
35	W W Woodbury Elem School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	170	1	0.6%
36	Sandwich Middle School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	420	2	0.5%
37	Prairie View Elem School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	221	1	0.5%
38	Lynn G Haskin Elementary School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	226	1	0.4%
39	Hinckley-Big Rock High School	Hinckley, IL	Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429	217	0	0.0%

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