About

Welcome to Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School, home of the Bobcats! 


Brooks Elementary is part of DeKalb Community Unit School District #428. We share the district’s dedication to helping our students thrive and reach their full potential.


Our school is named for the poet Gwendolyn Brooks. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her work and served as poet laureate of Illinois from 1968 to 2000.


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Read the Illinois Report Card for Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School.

School Hours 

8:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Office Hours

8 a.m. - 4 p.m.


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