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The most racially diverse public schools in DeKalb County, Illinois

This ranking covers the most racially diverse public schools in DeKalb County, Illinois, drawn from 38 qualifying public schools. Jefferson Elementary School leads the list at 73.1%, against a median of 41.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

DeKalb County, Illinois

Top Diversity index

73.1%

Median Diversity index

41.2%

MOST DIVERSE · DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Jefferson Elementary School	Dekalb, IL	308	73.1%	36.0%(111)	30.8%(95)	18.2%(56)	6.8%(21)
2	DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Center	Dekalb, IL	281	71.9%	25.6%(72)	28.8%(81)	35.6%(100)	2.9%(8)
3	Huntley Middle School	Dekalb, IL	865	71.4%	34.9%(302)	26.7%(231)	29.5%(255)	1.3%(11)
4	Clinton Rosette Middle School	DeKalb, IL	575	70.6%	26.3%(151)	25.9%(149)	39.1%(225)	1.6%(9)
5	DeKalb High School	Dekalb, IL	2,134	70.2%	34.4%(733)	23.8%(508)	34.5%(736)	1.3%(27)
6	Malta Elementary School	Malta, IL	293	68.3%	36.9%(108)	38.2%(112)	18.1%(53)	2.0%(6)
7	Founders Elementary School	Dekalb, IL	565	68.1%	18.2%(103)	29.6%(167)	43.9%(248)	0.2%(1)
8	Cortland Elementary School	Cortland, IL	523	66.1%	37.3%(195)	11.7%(61)	42.3%(221)	0.0%(0)
9	Lincoln Elementary School	DeKalb, IL	272	64.5%	36.8%(100)	45.2%(123)	10.3%(28)	0.4%(1)
10	Littlejohn Elementary School	DeKalb, IL	362	64.3%	27.1%(98)	14.1%(51)	50.8%(184)	0.0%(0)
11	Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	Dekalb, IL	328	62.7%	16.2%(53)	55.5%(182)	14.6%(48)	0.3%(1)
12	Tyler Elementary School	De Kalb, IL	265	61.9%	21.5%(57)	55.9%(148)	10.9%(29)	1.1%(3)
13	West Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	270	52.2%	65.2%(176)	5.6%(15)	21.1%(57)	0.7%(2)
14	South Prairie Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	456	46.2%	71.0%(324)	5.7%(26)	16.4%(75)	1.1%(5)
15	Kingston Elementary School	Kingston, IL	310	46.1%	68.7%(213)	0.7%(2)	25.5%(79)	1.0%(3)
16	Genoa-Kingston High School	Genoa, IL	485	43.3%	71.1%(345)	1.0%(5)	24.5%(119)	1.6%(8)
17	Sandwich Community High School	Sandwich, IL	560	42.0%	72.9%(408)	0.7%(4)	22.0%(123)	0.7%(4)
18	Genoa-Kingston Middle School	Genoa, IL	355	41.3%	73.2%(260)	1.1%(4)	22.3%(79)	1.7%(6)
19	Sandwich Middle School	Sandwich, IL	420	41.2%	73.1%(307)	0.5%(2)	22.4%(94)	0.5%(2)
20	Genoa Elementary School	Genoa, IL	353	41.1%	73.1%(258)	0.8%(3)	23.2%(82)	0.6%(2)
21	Lynn G Haskin Elementary School	Sandwich, IL	226	39.6%	74.3%(168)	0.4%(1)	22.6%(51)	0.9%(2)
22	Southeast Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	300	38.8%	76.7%(230)	2.7%(8)	14.3%(43)	0.7%(2)
23	Sycamore Middle School	Sycamore, IL	847	38.3%	77.2%(654)	3.8%(32)	13.1%(111)	1.8%(15)
24	Hiawatha Jr/Sr High School	Kirkland, IL	211	35.9%	78.7%(166)	1.9%(4)	13.7%(29)	0.0%(0)
25	Herman E Dummer	Sandwich, IL	275	35.6%	78.2%(215)	0.7%(2)	17.8%(49)	0.7%(2)
26	Sycamore High School	Sycamore, IL	1,161	35.2%	79.4%(922)	3.1%(36)	12.1%(140)	1.9%(22)
27	Indian Creek High School	Shabbona, IL	268	35.1%	79.1%(212)	3.4%(9)	14.6%(39)	0.0%(0)
28	Indian Creek Middle School	Waterman, IL	213	35.0%	79.3%(169)	3.3%(7)	13.6%(29)	0.0%(0)
29	North Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	309	34.9%	79.9%(247)	3.6%(11)	8.4%(26)	2.6%(8)
30	Indian Creek Elementary School	Shabbona, IL	269	34.8%	78.8%(212)	1.5%(4)	17.5%(47)	0.4%(1)
31	Hinckley-Big Rock High School	Hinckley, IL	217	34.3%	79.3%(172)	0.0%(0)	16.6%(36)	0.9%(2)
32	Hiawatha Elementary School PreK-5	Kirkland, IL	216	33.6%	80.1%(173)	0.9%(2)	14.3%(31)	0.0%(0)
33	Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	Hinckley, IL	297	32.7%	80.8%(240)	1.7%(5)	13.5%(40)	0.7%(2)
34	Prairie View Elementary School	Sandwich, IL	221	32.0%	80.5%(178)	0.5%(1)	17.6%(39)	0.0%(0)
35	James R Wood Elementary School	Somonauk, IL	298	29.7%	82.5%(246)	0.7%(2)	14.4%(43)	0.3%(1)
36	North Grove Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	377	28.2%	84.3%(318)	2.4%(9)	4.5%(17)	3.2%(12)
37	Somonauk Middle School	Somonauk, IL	249	28.0%	83.9%(209)	0.8%(2)	12.1%(30)	1.6%(4)
38	Somonauk High School	Somonauk, IL	224	26.8%	84.8%(190)	1.3%(3)	10.7%(24)	1.8%(4)

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