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Founders Elementary School

PublicElementaryGrades K–5

821 S 7th St, Dekalb, IL 60115 · (815) 754-3800 · Part of DeKalb Community Unit School District 428

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Directions
Students
565
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
78%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
K–5
The gist

What stands out about Founders Elementary School

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 15% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 18 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 23 pts below the state
  • Next stop for DeKalb Township kids: 2 middle schools

On the path

Where DeKalb Township kids come from and go next. The whole path →

K–5Founders Elementary SchoolYou are here
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency8%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts8%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, C−, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

821 S 7th St, Dekalb

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten91
Grade 197
Grade 295
Grade 399
Grade 487
Grade 596
Enrollment over time
564’20
591’21
556’22
543’23
565’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 44%Black 30%White 18%Two or more races 8%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Asian <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Founders Elementary School from DeKalb Township families.

Other schools in DeKalb Community Unit School District 428

The district →
DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Dekalb
281 students20:1
Cortland Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Cortland
C−
523 students13:1
Littlejohn Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · DeKalb
D
362 students15:1
Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Dekalb
D−
328 students14:1
Jefferson Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Dekalb
C
308 students11:1
Malta Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Malta
C+
293 students15:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; DeKalb Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.