Sycamore Middle School

Sycamore Middle School is one of the roomy intermediate schools in Sycamore, Illinois, one of the schools within Sycamore CUSD 427, with 847 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 83% larger than the state mean of about 462.

Sycamore Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Sycamore CUSD 427, a district that teaches 3,720 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Sycamore Middle School lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sycamore Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.6%, the actual is 46.6%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for DeKalb County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,724, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Sycamore Middle School is one of 43 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 16,328 students).

The closest other public school is North Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sycamore Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.9%.

Sycamore Middle School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 854 students in 2018 compared to 847 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 83% to 77% over that span.

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