An equity score of 37/100 ranks Dekalb Cusd 428 #410 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,840 per pupil, Dekalb Cusd 428 ranks #362 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,840
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$16,840
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dekalb Cusd 428 operates 12 public schools serving 6,840 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Dekalb County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,840 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 41.5% local, 46.9% state, and 11.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 37/100, ranked #410 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), and 38.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 32.2% African American, 29.3% White, 29.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Jefferson Elem School, with a diversity index of 73.1/100.
Its largest campus is Dekalb High School, enrolling 2,134 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tyler Elementary School, at 265 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dekalb High School accounts for 31.2% of all Dekalb Cusd 428 student enrollment
That concentration means Dekalb Cusd 428-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Dekalb Cusd 428 school enrollment varies 8.1× across entities
Dekalb Cusd 428 school enrollment ranges from 265 students (lowest) to 2,134 students (highest), a spread of 1,869 students. That spread sits on the wider side of typical variation and reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Dekalb Cusd 428 chronic absenteeism rate is 38.9%: on the high side (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.