Dennis Lab School
Dennis Lab School is a public middle school in Decatur, IL, serving grades K–8, rated D, with 579 students and a 16.5:1 student-teacher ratio.
In 2024-2025, the share of students meeting the state standard was 18% in Science, 13% in English Language Arts and 5% in Math.
DTopHap school rating
- Rating
- D
- Grades
- K–8
- Enrollment
- 579
- Students per teacher
- 16.5:1
- Level
- Middle
- Type
- Public · Regular
2024-2025 testing year
State test results
Share of students meeting or exceeding the state standard.
Science18%
English Language Arts13%
Math5%
Academics and programs
- Open enrollment
- No
Student body
Black50%
White28%
Two or more races14%
Hispanic7%
Asian0%
- Male / female
- 55% / 45%
- Free or reduced lunch
- 85%
- Enrollment change vs prior year
- +26.7%
- Prior-year enrollment
- 457
Homes assigned to this school
3,467 homes in TopHap's records are assigned to Dennis Lab School. These 40 are sampled evenly down the value ranking, so they span the whole zone rather than just its most expensive streets.
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- 5 Montgomery PlDecatur, IL 625226 ba · 4,921 ft² · built 1967$543K
- 2681 W Macon StDecatur, IL 625222.5 ba · 1,324 ft² · built 1962$229K
- 2107 W William StDecatur, IL 625222.5 ba · 1,072 ft² · built 1941$200K
- 319 S Westdale AveDecatur, IL 625221.5 ba · 2,106 ft² · built 1965$185K
- 215 S Linden AveDecatur, IL 625221.5 ba · 1,015 ft² · built 1923$173K
- 198 S Westdale AveDecatur, IL 625223 ba · 1,972 ft² · built 1954$165K
- 1412 W Sunset AveDecatur, IL 62522$157K
- 325 S Westlawn AveDecatur, IL 625222.5 ba · 1,200 ft² · built 1950$152K
- 2480 W Main StDecatur, IL 625222.5 ba · 1,582 ft² · built 1978$147K
- 236 Cobb AveDecatur, IL 625221.5 ba · 1,080 ft² · built 1920$143K
- 126 S Woodale AveDecatur, IL 625221.5 ba · 1,026 ft² · built 1951$137K
- 226 N Taylor AveDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 1,083 ft² · built 1915$132K
- 8 Fairview PlDecatur, IL 625221.5 ba · 936 ft² · built 1915$127K
- 159 S Elder LnDecatur, IL 625222.5 ba · 1,377 ft² · built 1964$122K
- 465 N Moffet AveDecatur, IL 62522$118K
- 248 S Westlawn AveDecatur, IL 625221.5 ba · 1,054 ft² · built 1926$115K
- 1442 W Wood StDecatur, IL 625221.5 ba · 1,152 ft² · built 1915$111K
- 300 W Prairie AveDecatur, IL 625222.5 ba · 1,927 ft² · built 1887$106K
- 1450 W Forest AveDecatur, IL 62522$102K
- 1380 W Bowshier LnDecatur, IL 62522$98K
- 527 S Boyd StDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 824 ft² · built 1890$93K
- 263 N Taylor AveDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 1,150 ft² · built 1915$88K
- 961 W William StDecatur, IL 625221.5 ba · 1,380 ft² · built 1908$84K
- 1840 W William StDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 1,596 ft² · built 1919$80K
- 1033 W Tuttle StDecatur, IL 625222.5 ba · 1,272 ft² · built 1943$77K
- 553 S Crea StDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 1,176 ft² · built 1925$73K
- 460 S Mcclellan StDecatur, IL 62522$69K
- 1059 W Cerro Gordo StDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 904 ft² · built 1920$64K
- 754 S Oakland AveDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 1,259 ft² · built 1950$59K
- 559 W Prairie AveDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 974 ft² · built 1923$54K
- 872 W North StDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 822 ft² · built 1904$49K
- 608 S Haworth AveDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 1,194 ft² · built 1925$43K
- 1125 W Forest AveDecatur, IL 62522$39K
- 427 S Haworth AveDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 884 ft² · built 1930$35K
- 1066 W Sunset AveDecatur, IL 625221 ba · 918 ft² · built 1905$24K
- 631 W Prairie AveDecatur, IL 625222.5 ba · 1,586 ft² · built 1895
- 1033 W Wood StDecatur, IL 62522
- W Sunset StDecatur, IL 62522
- 111 N Park PlDecatur, IL 62522
- 674 S Sycamore StDecatur, IL 62522
School details
- Address
- 300 Meadow Terrace Pl, Decatur, IL 62521
- Phone
- (217) 362-3511
- Website
- dps61.org
- Setting
- City - Small
- Status
- Operational
- NCES ID
- 171185001399
School district
Decatur School District 61
- District rating
- D+
- Schools
- 16
- Students
- 7,840
- Spending per student
- $16,862
- Teachers (FTE)
- 457
- Grades
- PK–12
Other schools in this district
Primary · 9
- American Dreamer STEM AcademyGrades K–8 · 423 studentsD
- Baum Elementary SchoolGrades K–6 · 313 studentsD+
- E. J. Muffley Elementary SchoolGrades K–6 · 386 studentsD
- Franklin Grove Elementary SchoolGrades K–6 · 461 studentsD-
- Johns Hill Magnet SchoolGrades K–8 · 627 studentsC
- Montessori Academy for PeaceGrades PK–8 · 586 studentsC
- Parsons Elementary SchoolGrades K–6 · 505 studentsD-
- Robertson Charter SchoolGrades PK–8 · 327 studentsC-
- South Shores Elementary SchoolGrades K–6 · 335 studentsC