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The public elementary schools with the most Black students in DeKalb County, Illinois

This ranking covers the public elementary schools with the most Black students in DeKalb County, Illinois, drawn from 24 qualifying public elementary schools. Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch leads the list at 182, against a median of 10 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 students

182

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	328	55.5%	182
2	Founders Elementary School	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	565	29.6%	167
3	Tyler Elementary School	De Kalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	265	55.9%	148
4	Lincoln Elementary School	DeKalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	272	45.2%	123
5	Malta Elementary School	Malta, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	293	38.2%	112
6	Jefferson Elem School	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	308	30.8%	95
7	DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	281	28.8%	81
8	Cortland Elementary School	Cortland, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	523	11.7%	61
9	Littlejohn Elem School	DeKalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	362	14.1%	51
10	South Prairie Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	456	5.7%	26
11	West Elem School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	270	5.6%	15
12	North Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	309	3.6%	11
13	North Grove Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	377	2.4%	9
14	Southeast Elem School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	300	2.7%	8
15	Hinckley-Big Rock Elem Sch	Hinckley, IL	Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429	297	1.7%	5
16	Indian Creek Elementary School	Shabbona, IL	Indian Creek CUSD 425	269	1.5%	4
17	Genoa Elementary School	Genoa, IL	Genoa Kingston CUSD 424	353	0.8%	3
18	Kingston Elementary School	Kingston, IL	Genoa Kingston CUSD 424	310	0.7%	2
19	Hiawatha Elem Sch PreK-5	Kirkland, IL	Hiawatha CUSD 426	216	0.9%	2
20	Herman E Dummer	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	275	0.7%	2
21	James R Wood Elem School	Somonauk, IL	Somonauk CUSD 432	298	0.7%	2
22	Lynn G Haskin Elementary School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	226	0.4%	1
23	Prairie View Elem School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	221	0.5%	1
24	W W Woodbury Elem School	Sandwich, IL	Sandwich CUSD 430	170	0.6%	1

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