Regular local school district · DeKalb County
Sycamore CUSD 427, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Sycamore CUSD 427 runs 7 public schools with 3,720 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,720
- Teachers (FTE)
- 264
- Students per teacher
- 14.1
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 245 W Exchange St, Sycamore, IL 60178
- Phone
- (815)899-8103
- County
- DeKalb County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1738460
- State district ID
- IL-16-019-4270-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 530
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 744 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.1
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 (3,589), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $65.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.6 million
- State revenue
- $23.8 million
- Local revenue
- $39.4 million
- Total spending
- $60.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,824
- Salaries
- $27.7 million45.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $87.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.9%
- State: 36.2%
- Local: 59.8%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,824
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Sycamore CUSD 427
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| North Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 309 | 15.4 |
| North Grove Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 377 | 12.2 |
| South Prairie Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 456 | 16.9 |
| Southeast Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 300 | 12.5 |
| Sycamore High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,161 | 15.7 |
| Sycamore Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 847 | 13.7 |
| West Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 270 | 11.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in DeKalb County
- DeKalb CUSD 428 6,771 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.