Lake County Gazette

East Elementary students participated in a field trip to Kroll’s Fall Harvest Farm on Thursday. The event included activities such as navigating a corn maze, interacting with farm animals, and taking a tractor ride around the farm.

East Elementary is one of several schools represented by Zion Elementary School District 6, which serves Lake County. Other schools in the district include Beulah Park Elementary School, Elmwood 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/.

The district employs 164 teachers with an average salary of $58,629 before pension contributions. Of these teachers, 83.3 percent are women and 16.7 percent are men. There are no teachers in the district with more than ten absences in a school year according to the Illinois State Board of Education. Additional details are available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

Demographically, Zion Elementary School District 6 is comprised of 4.9 percent White students, 36.6 percent Black students, 50.9 percent Hispanic students, and 0.2 percent Asian students as reported by the ISBE (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

In terms of spending, the district allocated $27,927 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $69,342,294 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).