Tyler Elementary School

Tyler Elementary School operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in De Kalb, Illinois, one of the schools within DeKalb CUSD 428. Current enrollment sits at 265 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Tyler Elementary School sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

Tyler Elementary School is one of 12 schools operated by DeKalb CUSD 428, a district that hosts 6,771 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Tyler Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

On the income-and-resources front, Tyler Elementary School shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tyler Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.0%; this one delivers 13.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $70,724, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across DeKalb County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,328 students), Tyler Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Tyler Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.2%.

Tyler Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Tyler Elementary School's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 253 (now 265). Over the same period, the Black share grew from 39% to 56%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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