Lake County Gazette

All district offices and buildings of Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 will be closed on Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day. The closure applies to all students and staff, with normal business hours set to resume on Tuesday.

The announcement affects the entire school district, which includes Indian Hill Elementary School, Magee Middle School, Pleviak Elementary School, Raymond Ellis Elementary School, Round Lake Beach Elementary School, Round Lake Middle School, Round Lake Senior High School, Village Elementary School, and W.J. Murphy Elementary School. More information about the schools in the district can be found at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

According to the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 512 teachers who earn an average salary of $69,620 before pension contributions. Of these teachers, 72.1 percent are women and 27.9 percent are men; none have more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

Demographically, the student population is made up of 11.9 percent White students, 6.7 percent Black students, 77.7 percent Hispanic students, and 1 percent Asian students (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

In terms of spending, Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 allocated $24,469 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $162,402,412 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

"All district offices and buildings will be closed Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day. No school for all students and staff. Normal business hours will resume on Tuesday."

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