DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr

DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr is an elementary-level community of tight-knit scale in Dekalb, Illinois, overseen by DeKalb CUSD 428, instructing 281 students in grade pre-K. That puts it 26% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr is one of 12 schools operated by DeKalb CUSD 428, a district that caters to 6,771 students overall.

On demographics, DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Black, 26% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, DeKalb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,724 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across DeKalb County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,328 students), DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr is one campus in the mix.

Huntley Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr has grew 17%, going from 240 students in 2018 to 281 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 46% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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