📍 5068 IL Route 38, Malta, DeKalb County, 60150
Malta Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Malta, DeKalb County. The school has 285 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kristine Baccheschi. It is part of the DeKalb CUSD 428 school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Malta Elementary School enrolls 285 students across grades K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 31% Black or African American and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 135 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 88 | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
184 of the school's 285 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Malta Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 35, state house district 70.
Malta Elementary School is one of 12 schools in DeKalb CUSD 428, based in Dekalb, Illinois. The district serves 6,771 students district-wide and employs 446 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 285 students, Malta Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 564 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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