What percent of DeKalb High School graduates go to college?

53.5% of its most recent class at DeKalb High School enrolled in college within 12 months, compared with 66.8% in Illinois. Source: Illinois State Board of Education, 2026 Illinois Report Card public data set.

What is the graduation rate at DeKalb High School?

DeKalb High School has a four-year graduation rate of 82.6%. Source: Illinois State Board of Education, 2026 Illinois Report Card public data set.

Illinois public high school · DeKalb CUSD 428

DeKalb High School

501 W Dresser Rd, Dekalb, IL 60115. 53.5% of its 426 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months.

DeKalb CUSD 428Dekalb County

53.5%Enrolled in college within 12 months13.3 pts below Illinois (66.8%)

82.6%4-year graduation rate (2026 Illinois Report Card)7.2 pts below Illinois (89.8%)

57.3%Students from low-income families

426Graduates in the class measured

The path from DeKalb

How Illinois measures this

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After graduation

4-year college 22.9%2-year college 30.7%Not enrolled within 12 months 46.5%

Share of the most recent graduating class reported on the 2026 Illinois Report Card who enrolled in any college within 12 months. Source: Illinois State Board of Education, 2026 Illinois Report Card public data set.

What those choices lead to

Illinois does not report which individual colleges each school's graduates attend. Here is how a typical college of each type in Illinois performs.

College type in Illinois	Colleges	Graduation rate	Avg. net price / yr	Median earnings, 10 yrs	Median debt
Public universities	12	51%	$12,636	$60,394	$18,875
Public 2-year and community colleges	45	43%	$5,553	$42,861	$7,836
Private nonprofit colleges	37	61%	$19,426	$61,717	$22,597

Medians across colleges of each type with at least 500 undergraduates. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. All Illinois colleges.

Colleges closest to DeKalb

College	Distance	Graduation rate	Avg. net price / yr	Median earnings, 10 yrs
Northern Illinois University	1.5 mi	48%	$14,505	$61,351
Kishwaukee College	6.4 mi	44%	$4,358	$43,671
Waubonsee Community College	18.9 mi	44%	$2,551	$48,582
Elgin Community College	22.8 mi	46%	$6,286	$51,097
Rasmussen University-Illinois	24.9 mi	46%	$21,203	$47,524
Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College	25.0 mi	68%	$23,337	$35,942

Where it is

Nearby high schools: Sycamore High School (3.5 mi, 68.7% to college) · Genoa-Kingston High School (10.1 mi, 70.2% to college) · Hiawatha Jr/Sr High School (10.3 mi, 65.6% to college) · Kaneland Senior High School (12.6 mi, 81.1% to college) · Hinckley-Big Rock High School (14.3 mi, 66.7% to college)

Living near a school does not guarantee attendance. Check DeKalb CUSD 428's attendance zone for an address.

Compared with the district and state

Measure	DeKalb	Illinois
Enrolled in college within 12 months	53.5%	66.8%
Graduation rate	82.6%	89.8%

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Quick answers

What percent of DeKalb High School graduates go to college?: 53.5% of its most recent class at DeKalb High School enrolled in college within 12 months, compared with 66.8% in Illinois. Source: Illinois State Board of Education, 2026 Illinois Report Card public data set.
What is the graduation rate at DeKalb High School?: DeKalb High School has a four-year graduation rate of 82.6%. Source: Illinois State Board of Education, 2026 Illinois Report Card public data set.