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

This ranking covers the public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students in DeKalb County, Illinois, drawn from 24 qualifying public elementary schools. Tyler Elementary School leads the list at 55.9%, against a median of 3.1% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

DeKalb County, Illinois

Top % Black

55.9%

Median % Black

3.1%

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	Littlejohn Elem School	DeKalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	362	51	14.1%
9	Cortland Elementary School	Cortland, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	523	61	11.7%
10	South Prairie Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	456	26	5.7%
11	West Elem School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	270	15	5.6%
12	North Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	309	11	3.6%
13	Southeast Elem School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	300	8	2.7%
14	North Grove Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	377	9	2.4%
15	Hinckley-Big Rock Elem Sch	Hinckley, IL	Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429	297	5	1.7%
16	Indian Creek Elementary School	Shabbona, IL	Indian Creek CUSD 425	269	4	1.5%
17	Hiawatha Elem Sch PreK-5	Kirkland, IL	Hiawatha CUSD 426	216	2	0.9%
18	Genoa Elementary School	Genoa, IL	Genoa Kingston CUSD 424	353	3	0.8%
19	Herman E Dummer	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	275	2	0.7%
20	James R Wood Elem School	Somonauk, IL	Somonauk CUSD 432	298	2	0.7%
21	Kingston Elementary School	Kingston, IL	Genoa Kingston CUSD 424	310	2	0.7%
22	W W Woodbury Elem School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	170	1	0.6%
23	Prairie View Elem School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	221	1	0.5%
24	Lynn G Haskin Elementary School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	226	1	0.4%

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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