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High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

DeKalb High School, Dekalb, IL

CEP schoolDeKalb High School is a public high school in Dekalb, part of DeKalb CUSD 428. It enrolled 2,134 students in 2024-25, with 15.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
2,134
Teachers (FTE)
141.0
Students per teacher
15.1
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.2 higher than the district figure of 13.9. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.1
District13.9
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
501 W Dresser Rd, Dekalb, IL 60115
Phone
(815)754-2100
District
DeKalb CUSD 428
County
DeKalb County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
171200001449
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,30861.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in DeKalb CUSD 428

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.