Counselors from Zion-Benton Township High School recently visited eighth-grade students at both middle schools in the area to help prepare them for their transition to high school. The counselors provided information about class options, extracurricular activities, and various opportunities available as students move into this new phase of their education.
Zion Elementary School District 6, which serves pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, includes several schools such as Beulah Park Elementary School, East Elementary School, Elmwood Elementary School, Lakeview School, Shiloh Park Elementary School, West Elementary School, and Zion Central Middle School. The district is located in Zion and Lake County. More details about the district can be found on the Illinois Report Card website: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/
The district had an enrollment of 2,483 students during the 2019-2020 school year. According to the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), Zion Elementary School District 6 spent $27,927 per student in 2020, totaling $69,342,294. Demographically, the student body is made up of approximately 4.9 percent White students, 36.6 percent Black students, 50.9 percent Hispanic students, and 0.2 percent Asian students (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
There are a total of 164 teachers in the district with an average salary of $58,629 before pension contributions; most teachers are women (83.3 percent), while men make up 16.7 percent of the teaching staff. No teacher had more than ten absences in a school year according to state data (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
In terms of attendance issues, ISBE reported that there were 179 “chronically truant” students enrolled during the 2020 school year—a rate of 7.2 percent—which is below the statewide average chronic truancy rate of 9.6 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
