Lake County Gazette

At East Elementary School, teacher Ms. Matias recently taught her students about the traditions of Mexico’s Indigenous people through Día de los Muertos lessons. Her approach included integrating literacy, storytelling, and vocabulary to help students learn more about culture and language.

East Elementary is part of Zion Elementary School District 6, which represents several schools in Lake County including Beulah Park Elementary School, Elmwood Elementary School, Lakeview School, Shiloh Park Elementary School, West Elementary School, and Zion Central Middle School. More information on the district's composition can be found at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

According to the Illinois State Board of Education, Zion Elementary School District 6 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. The district reports that none of its teachers have more than ten absences in a school year. These statistics are available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

Demographically, Zion Elementary School District 6 serves a student body that is approximately 4.9 percent White, 36.6 percent Black, 50.9 percent Hispanic, and 0.2 percent Asian (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/).