Lake County Gazette

The St. Elmo Elementary Student Council is organizing a Family Movie Night on Friday, October 17. The event will feature the film "Hotel Transylvania." Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with costume time beginning at 7:00 p.m. Admission to the movie night is free. Concessions will be available for purchase, including hot dogs for $2, soda for $1, candy for $1.50, and popcorn for $1.

St. Elmo Elementary School is part of the St. Elmo Community Unit School District 202, which includes schools in Fayette and Effingham counties. The district also covers St. Elmo Junior High School and St. Elmo Senior High School, as reported by the Illinois State Board of Education (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

Data from the Illinois State Board of Education shows that the district employs 31 teachers with an average salary of $52,468 before pension contributions; most are women (87.4 percent), while men make up 12.6 percent of staff. There have been no reports of teachers having more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

Demographically, the student population in St. Elmo Community Unit School District 202 is predominantly White at 96.7 percent, with Black students making up 0.5 percent and Hispanic students representing 0.9 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

In terms of finances, the district spent an average of $15,878 per student in 2020, amounting to a total expenditure of $6,795,848 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).