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The most racially diverse public elementary schools in DeKalb County, Illinois

This ranking covers the most racially diverse public elementary schools in DeKalb County, Illinois, drawn from 23 qualifying public elementary schools. Jefferson Elementary School leads the list at 73.1%, against a median of 46.1% 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 Diversity index

73.1%

Median Diversity index

46.1%

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	Malta Elementary School	Malta, IL	293	68.3%	36.9%(108)	38.2%(112)	18.1%(53)	2.0%(6)
4	Founders Elementary School	Dekalb, IL	565	68.1%	18.2%(103)	29.6%(167)	43.9%(248)	0.2%(1)
5	Cortland Elementary School	Cortland, IL	523	66.1%	37.3%(195)	11.7%(61)	42.3%(221)	0.0%(0)
6	Lincoln Elementary School	DeKalb, IL	272	64.5%	36.8%(100)	45.2%(123)	10.3%(28)	0.4%(1)
7	Littlejohn Elementary School	DeKalb, IL	362	64.3%	27.1%(98)	14.1%(51)	50.8%(184)	0.0%(0)
8	Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	Dekalb, IL	328	62.7%	16.2%(53)	55.5%(182)	14.6%(48)	0.3%(1)
9	Tyler Elementary School	De Kalb, IL	265	61.9%	21.5%(57)	55.9%(148)	10.9%(29)	1.1%(3)
10	West Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	270	52.2%	65.2%(176)	5.6%(15)	21.1%(57)	0.7%(2)
11	South Prairie Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	456	46.2%	71.0%(324)	5.7%(26)	16.4%(75)	1.1%(5)
12	Kingston Elementary School	Kingston, IL	310	46.1%	68.7%(213)	0.7%(2)	25.5%(79)	1.0%(3)
13	Genoa Elementary School	Genoa, IL	353	41.1%	73.1%(258)	0.8%(3)	23.2%(82)	0.6%(2)
14	Lynn G Haskin Elementary School	Sandwich, IL	226	39.6%	74.3%(168)	0.4%(1)	22.6%(51)	0.9%(2)
15	Southeast Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	300	38.8%	76.7%(230)	2.7%(8)	14.3%(43)	0.7%(2)
16	Herman E Dummer	Sandwich, IL	275	35.6%	78.2%(215)	0.7%(2)	17.8%(49)	0.7%(2)
17	North Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	309	34.9%	79.9%(247)	3.6%(11)	8.4%(26)	2.6%(8)
18	Indian Creek Elementary School	Shabbona, IL	269	34.8%	78.8%(212)	1.5%(4)	17.5%(47)	0.4%(1)
19	Hiawatha Elementary School PreK-5	Kirkland, IL	216	33.6%	80.1%(173)	0.9%(2)	14.3%(31)	0.0%(0)
20	Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School	Hinckley, IL	297	32.7%	80.8%(240)	1.7%(5)	13.5%(40)	0.7%(2)
21	Prairie View Elementary School	Sandwich, IL	221	32.0%	80.5%(178)	0.5%(1)	17.6%(39)	0.0%(0)
22	James R Wood Elementary School	Somonauk, IL	298	29.7%	82.5%(246)	0.7%(2)	14.4%(43)	0.3%(1)
23	North Grove Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	377	28.2%	84.3%(318)	2.4%(9)	4.5%(17)	3.2%(12)

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