State/Public Middle Open

Sycamore Middle School

๐Ÿ“ 150 Maplewood Dr, Sycamore, DeKalb County, 60178

822
Pupils
13.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Sycamore Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sycamore, DeKalb County. The school has 822 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mark Ekstrom. It is part of the Sycamore CUSD 427 school district. It serves grades 6โ€“8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 61.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Mark Ekstrom
School district
Sycamore CUSD 427

Enrollment & staffing

Sycamore Middle School enrolls 822 students across grades 6โ€“8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 61.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.

Male students
440 (54%)
Female students
382 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
61.3
Student-teacher ratio
13.4:1
Grade span
6โ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White66681%
Hispanic or Latino9111%
Two or more races323.9%
Black or African American263.2%
Asian7<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

207 of the school's 822 students (25%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, SmallGrades 6โ€“8

Sycamore Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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.

School district: Sycamore CUSD 427

Sycamore Middle School is one of 7 schools in Sycamore CUSD 427, based in Sycamore, Illinois. The district serves 3,720 students district-wide and employs 254 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 822 students, Sycamore Middle School is larger than the district average of about 531 students per school.

3,720
District students
7
Schools
254
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

26%
Reading proficient
20%
Math proficient
9%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Small

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