Families attended open houses at Zion Elementary School District 6 elementary schools on Tuesday evening. The event allowed students to visit classrooms, meet teachers, and prepare for the upcoming school year.
Zion Elementary School District 6 serves Lake County and includes Beulah Park Elementary School, East 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/.
According to the Illinois State Board of Education, 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. No teacher in the district has more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
The student population in Zion Elementary School District 6 is made up of 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/).
In 2020, the district spent $27,927 per student for a total expenditure of $69,342,294 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
“Thank you to all the families who joined us at our ZESD 6 elementary open houses on Tuesday evening! We loved seeing the excitement as students explored classrooms, met their teachers, and got ready for a fantastic school year ahead.”
