Elmwood Elementary School recently held its Quarter 2 assembly in February, where students were recognized for various achievements. The event highlighted those with perfect attendance, defined as quarterly attendance of 95% or higher, honor roll recipients, and Students of the Month for November and December. The assembly also included a house competition featuring a Chant War and a Minute to Win It challenge.
Elmwood Elementary is part of Zion Elementary School District 6, which serves Lake County and includes several schools such as Beulah Park Elementary School, East Elementary School, Lakeview School, Shiloh Park Elementary School, West Elementary School, and Zion Central Middle School. More information about the district can be found at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
According to the Illinois State Board of Education, Zion Elementary School District 6 had an enrollment of 2,483 students during the 2019-2020 school year and serves grades pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Zion and Lake County. The district spent $27,927 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $69,342,294. Further details are available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
The teaching staff consists of 164 teachers with an average salary of $58,629 before pension contributions; women make up 83.3 percent of this group while men comprise 16.7 percent. No teacher had more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
Demographically, the district’s student population is composed of approximately 4.9 percent White students, 36.6 percent Black students, 50.9 percent Hispanic students, and 0.2 percent Asian students (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
In terms of attendance challenges across the district in the 2020 school year, there were 179 chronically truant students enrolled—representing a chronic truancy rate of 7.2 percent compared to the statewide average of 9.6 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). Chronically truant students are defined by missing five percent or more of mandated school days without valid excuses.
