Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch

Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch is a reasonably sized elementary campus in Dekalb, Illinois, one of the schools within DeKalb CUSD 428. The school educates 328 students in grades K through 5.

DeKalb CUSD 428 runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,771 students. Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch reports that Black students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 16% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 7% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 80% of students at Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DeKalb County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for DeKalb County indicate median household income runs about $70,724, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,328 students), of which Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch is one.

DeKalb High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 328). White enrollment moved from 38% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.