Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Zion Elementary School District 6 roughly covers seven schools within Lake County and has a main office in Zion.
In Illinois state, 66.1% of teachers attended school regularly in the 2021-22 school year.
As of 2020, 85% of school districts documented that the teacher shortage was a "major" or "minor" problem.
According to the 2021 Illinois Educator Shortage Survey, 88% of the 663 school districts that participated reported having trouble locating instructors and substitute teachers.
The Illinois State Board of Education reports that in 2022, there were more than 5,300 unfilled positions. According to school districts that responded to a 2022 IARSS survey, 68% reported fewer teacher applications than in 2021, and 45% of districts said the shortage was worse than last year.
Teacher Attendance Rate in Zion Elementary School District 6 vs. Illinois Over the Years
Districts Teacher Attendance Rates in 2021-22 School Year
| District | City | Teacher attendance rate |
|---|---|---|
| Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126 | Alsip | 100% |
| Armstrong-Ellis Consolidated School District 61 | Armstrong | 100% |
| Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 | Farmer City | 100% |
| Calhoun Community Unit School District 40 | Hardin | 100% |
| Cambridge Community Unit School District 227 | Cambridge | 100% |
| Decatur School District 61 | Decatur | 100% |
| Deerfield School District 109 | Deerfield | 100% |
| Fox Lake Grade School District 114 | Spring Grove | 100% |
| Horizon Science Acad-Belmont | Chicago | 100% |
| Irvington Community Consolidated School District 11 | Irvington | 100% |
| Learn 9 in Waukegan | Waukegan | 100% |
| Lyons School District 103 | Lyons | 100% |
| McClellan Community Consolidated School District 12 | Mount Vernon | 100% |
| Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11 | Meredosia | 100% |
| Paris Cooperative High School | Paris | 100% |
| Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 | Markham | 100% |
| Proviso Township High School District 209 | Forest Park | 100% |
| Rooks Creek Community Consolidated School District 425 | Graymont | 100% |
| Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 | Schaumburg | 100% |
| Schuyler-Industry Community Unit School District 5 | Rushville | 100% |
| Will County School District 92 | Lockport | 100% |
| Zion Elementary School District 6 | Zion | 100% |
| Alton Community Unit School District 11 | Alton | 99.9% |
| East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 | Wood River | 99.9% |
| Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 | Waukegan | 99.9% |
| Hazel Crest School District 152-5 | Hazel Crest | 99.7% |
| Pennoyer School District 79 | Norridge | 99.6% |
| Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 | Lincolnshire | 99.5% |
| Macomb Community Unit School District 185 | Macomb | 99.4% |
| Olympia Community Unit School District 16 | Stanford | 99.2% |
| Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U | Crete | 99% |
| Belleville Township High School District 201 | Belleville | 98.9% |
| Knoxville Community Unit School District 202 | Knoxville | 98.8% |
| Panhandle Community Unit School District 2 | Raymond | 98.8% |
| Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 | Cuba | 98.6% |
| Germantown Hills School District 69 | Germantown Hills | 98.1% |
| Kirby School District 140 | Tinley Park | 97.7% |
| Whiteside School District 115 | Belleville | 97.5% |
| Union School District 81 | Joliet | 97.4% |
| Evanston Township High School District 202 | Evanston | 97.1% |
| Effingham Community Unit School District 40 | Effingham | 97% |
| Trico Community Unit School District 176 | Campbell Hill | 96.7% |
| Township High School District 214 | Arlington Heights | 96.6% |
| Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426 | Cornell | 96.3% |
| District 50 Schools | Washington | 96.1% |
| Marshall Community Unit School District 2C | Marshall | 96.1% |
| West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147 | Harvey | 96% |
| Elwood Community Consolidated School District 203 | Elwood | 95.7% |
| Township High School District 113 | Highland Park | 95.2% |
| Durand Community Unit School District 322 | Durand | 94.7% |
| Seneca Township High School District 160 | Seneca | 94.6% |
| Stewardson-Strasburg Community Unit School District 5A | Strasburg | 94.6% |
| Neoga Community Unit School District 3 | Neoga | 94.2% |
| Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130 | Carbondale | 94.1% |
| Raccoon Consolidated School District 1 | Centralia | 93.9% |
| Ladd Community Consolidated School District 94 | Ladd | 93.6% |
| General George Patton School District 133 | Riverdale | 93.3% |
| Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 | Gifford | 92.6% |
| Albers School District 63 | Albers | 92.5% |
| Hollis Consolidated School District 328 | Peoria | 92.5% |
| Plano Community Unit School District 88 | Plano | 92.5% |
| Greenview Community Unit School District 200 | Greenview | 92% |
| LeRoy Community Unit School District 2 | Le Roy | 92% |
| Riverside School District 96 | Riverside | 91.8% |
| West Washington County Community Unit School District 10 | Okawville | 91.6% |
| Fox River Grove Consolidated School District 3 | Fox River Grove | 91.5% |
| Lisbon Community Consolidated School District 90 | Newark | 91.2% |
| Nettle Creek Community Consolidated School District 24C | Morris | 91.2% |
| Shawnee Community Unit School District 84 | Wolf Lake | 91.2% |
| Damiansville School District 62 | Damiansville | 91.1% |
| Odin Public School District 722 | Odin | 90.9% |
| Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 | New Lenox | 90.6% |
| Gurnee School District 56 | Gurnee | 90.3% |
| Western Springs School District 101 | Western Springs | 90.2% |
| Galva Community Unit School District 224 | Galva | 90.1% |
| Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 | Glen Ellyn | 90.1% |
| Steward Elementary School District 220 | Steward | 90.1% |
| Taft School District 90 | Lockport | 90% |
| Belleville School District 118 | Belleville | 89.9% |
| West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School District 92 | Lincoln | 89.9% |
| Grass Lake School District 36 | Antioch | 89.8% |
| Schiller Park School District 81 | Schiller Park | 89.7% |
| Grand Ridge Community Consolidated School District 95 | Grand Ridge | 89.5% |
| Elmwood Community Unit School District 322 | Elmwood | 89.2% |
| Northbrook School District 28 | Northbrook | 89.2% |
| Rome Community Consolidated School District 2 | Dix | 89.1% |
| Maroa Forsyth Community Unit School District 2 | Forsyth | 89% |
| Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70 | Freeburg | 88.9% |
| Rossville-Alvin Community Unit School District 7 | Rossville | 88.9% |
| Oak Grove School District 68 | Libertyville | 88.7% |
| Ashton Franklin Center Community Unit School District 275 | Ashton | 88.4% |
| Carthage Elementary School District 317 | Carthage | 88.4% |
| Hampton School District 29 | Hampton | 88.2% |
| Malden Community Consolidated School District 84 | Malden | 88.2% |
| Byron Community Unit School District 226 | Byron | 88% |
| Wesclin Community Unit School District 3 | Trenton | 87.8% |
| Donovan Community Unit School District 3 | Donovan | 87.6% |
| Glenbard Township High School District 87 | Glen Ellyn | 87.6% |
| Brownstown Community Unit School District 201 | Brownstown | 87.5% |
| Central City School District 133 | Centralia | 87.5% |
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