Regular local school district · DeKalb County
DeKalb CUSD 428, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
DeKalb CUSD 428 runs 13 public schools with 6,771 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 6,771
- Teachers (FTE)
- 486
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 901 S 4Th St, Dekalb, IL 60115
- Phone
- (815)754-2330
- County
- DeKalb County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1712000
- State district ID
- IL-16-019-4280-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,284
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 376 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 35.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
Illinois13.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (6,618), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $129.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.7 million
- State revenue
- $61.9 million
- Local revenue
- $59.9 million
- Total spending
- $117.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,704
- Salaries
- $48.8 million41.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $91.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.9%
- State: 47.8%
- Local: 46.2%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,704
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in DeKalb CUSD 428
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Beyond One Barb Transition Center | High | 12 | 0 | |
| Clinton Rosette Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 575 | 12.2 |
| Cortland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 523 | 13.4 |
| DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr | Prekindergarten | PK | 281 | 21.6 |
| DeKalb High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,134 | 15.1 |
| Founders Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 565 | 14.9 |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 328 | 14.3 |
| Huntley Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 865 | 12.0 |
| Jefferson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 308 | 11.4 |
| Lincoln Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 272 | 16.0 |
| Littlejohn Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 362 | 15.1 |
| Malta Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 293 | 15.4 |
| Tyler Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 265 | 14.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in DeKalb County
- Sycamore CUSD 427 3,720 students
- Sandwich CUSD 430 1,872 students
- Genoa Kingston CUSD 424 1,503 students
- Somonauk CUSD 432 771 students
- Indian Creek CUSD 425 750 students
- Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429 730 students
- Hiawatha CUSD 426 427 students
- De Kalb ROE 0 students
- Kishwaukee Educ Consortium
- Northwestern Illinois Assn
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.