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Schools in Sycamore, IL

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At a glance

Schools

3,963

Students

Top rankedSycamore High School106^th of 620 Illinois high schools

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Biggest riser

North Elementary School up 212 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

St Mary Catholic School 8.3 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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2★

3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

Sycamore, Illinois, has seven schools: five elementary schools, one middle school and one high school; South Prairie Elementary School also serves prekindergarten. In 2025–2026, the elementary schools’ unweighted average was 51% in mathematics, compared with 40% statewide, while their 54% ELA average was below the state’s 56%. Sycamore Middle School was above the state in ELA but slightly below in mathematics, and Sycamore High School was above state results in every reported ACT and PreACT subject. The clearest area-wide finding is that elementary mathematics stands out against the state, while elementary ELA is more mixed.

North Elementary School led elementary schools in both all-grades ELA, at 67%, and mathematics, at 60%; North Grove Elementary School was close behind in mathematics at 59%. At the other end, South Prairie had the lowest ELA result, 43%, while West Elementary School had the lowest mathematics result, 40%, matching the state. South Prairie’s mathematics result was 48%, above the state despite its low ELA score. At the middle school, ELA was 63%—7 points above the state—while mathematics was 38%, 1 point below. The high school’s grade 11 ACT results were above state benchmarks in ELA, mathematics and science; its grade 10 PreACT ELA result was 16 points above the state.

Elementary trends differed by school: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, North rose 13 points in ELA and 9 in mathematics, while West fell 9 and 7 points, respectively. The five-school average declined about 1 point in each subject, as state results increased, leaving the elementary mathematics advantage narrower. SchoolDigger’s three-year percentile rankings also varied: the high school rose from the 77th to the 83rd percentile, while the middle school moved from the 67th to the 54th. As context, the elementary schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible shares, reported for 2024–2025, ranged from 8% at North Grove to 60% at West; West also had a student–teacher ratio of 11.2, compared with 16.5 at South Prairie. These figures describe different school circumstances and do not explain test results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2026)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2026)		PreACT Secure Science (2026)		ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
South Prairie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	820 Borden Ave	Sycamore	60178	DeKalb County	Sycamore CUSD 427	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 899-8299	456	28	16.5	34.4%	324 (71.1%)	26 (5.7%)	75 (16.4%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.5%)	40.4	995^th of 1737 public elementary schools	42.7%		56.1	886^th of 2056 public elementary schools	56.9%	109										54.2		35.8	44.9	47.5				42.9	55.6	55.1	33.9				47.5	98.3%		$17,129	$291	$16,838
North Elementary School	Public	K-5	1680 Brickville Rd	Sycamore	60178	DeKalb County	Sycamore CUSD 427	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 899-8209	309	21	15.0	19.1%	247 (79.9%)	11 (3.6%)	26 (8.4%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.5%)	70.3	472^nd of 1737 public elementary schools	72.8%		66.3	684^th of 2056 public elementary schools	66.7%	212										58.1		75.5	64.1	62.8				67.3	75.5	53.1	51.2				59.6	96%		$23,328	$291	$23,037
Southeast Elementary School	Public	K-5	718 S Locust St	Sycamore	60178	DeKalb County	Sycamore CUSD 427	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 899-8219	300	24	12.3	30.7%	230 (76.7%)	8 (2.7%)	43 (14.3%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (5.0%)	49	847^th of 1737 public elementary schools	51.2%		69.2	618^th of 2056 public elementary schools	69.9%	229										47.7		40.0	66.1	52.3				54.5	51.4	53.6	47.7				50.6	98.3%		$18,399	$291	$18,108
West Elementary School	Public	K-5	718 S Locust St	Sycamore	60178	DeKalb County	Sycamore CUSD 427	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 899-8219	270	24	11.2	60.0%	176 (65.2%)	15 (5.6%)	57 (21.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.4%)	41.7	976^th of 1737 public elementary schools	43.8%		59.9	812^th of 2056 public elementary schools	60.5%	164										54.5			53.3	57.6				46.4	45.5	37.8	36.4				39.6	95.8%		$19,926	$291	$19,635
Sycamore High School	Public	9-12	427 Spartan Trl	Sycamore	60178	DeKalb County	Sycamore CUSD 427	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 899-8160	1,161	75	15.5	24.8%	922 (79.4%)	36 (3.1%)	140 (12.1%)	22 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (3.4%)	77.4	106^th of 620 public high schools	82.9%		80.1	111^th of 698 public high schools	84.1%	5	72.8	69.4	56.6	44.2	59.7	58.3	61.4	46.2	56.5																	97.6%		$18,447	$291	$18,156
Sycamore Middle School	Public	6-8	150 Maplewood Dr	Sycamore	60178	DeKalb County	Sycamore CUSD 427	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 899-8170	847	62	13.6	25.9%	654 (77.2%)	32 (3.8%)	111 (13.1%)	15 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.1%)	50.6	515^th of 1126 public middle schools	54.3%		59.8	492^nd of 1368 public middle schools	64.0%	23											57.3				68.7	56.5	64.4	63.3				42.3	39.3	33.1	38.2	96.4%		$17,427	$411	$17,016
North Grove Elementary School	Public	K-5	850 Republic Ave	Sycamore	60178	DeKalb County	Sycamore CUSD 427	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 899-8124	377	31	12.0	8.2%	318 (84.4%)	9 (2.4%)	17 (4.5%)	12 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.3%)	65.1	578^th of 1737 public elementary schools	66.7%		78.5	421^st of 2056 public elementary schools	79.5%	157										58.7		52.5	63.9	63.5				60.6	60.7	63.9	52.7				59.2	96.7%		$13,441	$291	$13,150
Aurora Christian Schools Cornerstone Campus	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	K-8	355 N Cross St	Sycamore	60178	DeKalb County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(815) 895-8522	136	13	10.7	—	109 (80.1%)	9 (6.6%)	6 (4.4%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.4%)								(n/a)																										93.4%
St Mary Catholic School	Private, Roman Catholic	PK, KG-7	222 Waterman St	Sycamore	60178	DeKalb County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(815) 895-5215	103	10	8.3	—	68 (66.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)								(n/a)
Montessori Childrens House Of Sycamore And Dekalb	Private, Nonsectarian	K	26555 Brickville Rd	Sycamore	60178	DeKalb County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(815) 895-0303	4	1	4.0	—	4 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Sycamore

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Dekalb	4.43 mi	12	752^nd
Genoa	6.2 mi	3	446^th
Cortland	6.66 mi	1	744^th
Kingston	7.62 mi	1
Malta	9.72 mi	3	761^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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