Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB CUSD 428·NCES 171200005275
Tyler Elementary School
1021 Alden Circle, De Kalb, IL 60115 · (815) 754-2389 · DeKalb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
209 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
18.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
11.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.6% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 11.6% | 5.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tyler Elementary School
Tyler Elementary School's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Elementary School this school | 265 | 78.9% | 13.7% |
| Black Hawk Elementary School Springfield | 234 | 78.2% | 24.3% |
| Enos Elementary School Springfield | 245 | 78.0% | 22.4% |
| Elizabeth Graham Elementary School Springfield | 241 | 74.7% | 20.9% |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School Dekalb | 328 | 80.2% | 13.3% |
| Jane Addams Elementary School Springfield | 243 | 81.9% | 25.9% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tyler Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,796 of 1,925 | #21 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #1,850 of 2,077 ▲ 16 | #22 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #1,952 of 2,077 ▼ 69 | #21 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #1,743 of 2,419 | #20 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,225 of 2,035 | #13 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #505 of 2,042 | #9 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #537 of 2,132 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #444 of 615 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
265
-17 (-6%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 148
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 265 | 19 | 14.0:1 | 79% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 17.5 | 16.0:1 | 82% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 16.3 | 19.0:1 | 79% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 14.9 | 16.9:1 | 69% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 75% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 18 | 19.1:1 | 63% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 211 | 14 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 148 | 3 | 49.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tyler Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (253 to 265); teachers up 27% (14.9 to 19).
About Tyler Elementary School
Tyler Elementary School sits in De Kalb, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. It educates 265 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 30% smaller than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
DeKalb CUSD 428 runs 12 schools with a combined 6,771 students. Tyler Elementary School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Tyler Elementary School is 56% Black. After that, the student body is 22% White, 11% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Census figures show DeKalb County is about 7% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Tyler Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The count of teachers at Tyler Elementary School is 19 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.0:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. Around 79% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in DeKalb County average 48%.
In Illinois, Tyler Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 13.7% actual against a predicted 26.0%.
Across DeKalb County, median household income is about $70,724, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Tyler Elementary School is among the 43 public schools in DeKalb County.
Of nearby public schools, Lincoln Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Tyler Elementary School is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 282 in 2020-21 and 265 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease.
Discussions about Tyler Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,703
Census ACS
Median income
$70,724
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
16,328 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb CUSD 428
- DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Huntley Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Clinton Rosette Middle SchoolMiddle · 575 students
- Founders Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Cortland Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Littlejohn Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.5 mi · 272
- Huntley Middle School0.8 mi · 865
- DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Center0.8 mi · 281
- Founders Elementary School0.8 mi · 565
- Clinton Rosette Middle School1.5 mi · 575
- Littlejohn Elementary School1.9 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Tyler Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tyler Elementary School?
Tyler Elementary School enrolls approximately 265 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tyler Elementary School serve?
Tyler Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Tyler Elementary School have?
Tyler Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Tyler Elementary School?
Tyler Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 56% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Tyler Elementary School in?
Tyler Elementary School is part of DeKalb CUSD 428.
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