North Grove Elementary School

North Grove Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Sycamore, Illinois, part of Sycamore CUSD 427. Current enrollment sits at 377 students spanning grades K through 5.

North Grove Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Sycamore CUSD 427, a district that instructs 3,720 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Grove Elementary School logs that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, North Grove Elementary School logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below DeKalb County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, North Grove Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.8%, the actual is 57.4%, a residual of -9.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $70,724, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across DeKalb County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,328 students), North Grove Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sycamore Middle School, around 1.5 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, North Grove Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

North Grove Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 462 students in 2018 compared to 377 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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