School district · Illinois

Zion ESD 6

Zion ESD 6 in Illinois: 7 public schools with 2,176 students and 13.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $25,963 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 7
Students: 2,176
Students per teacher: 13.9; IL 13.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $25,963; IL $21.4K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 156
Counselors (FTE): 0.0
Students per counselor: —; IL 414 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.0; Librarians (FTE): 5.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Illinois: 53%

18%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 97% of school districts in Illinois

Median 56% · 514 school districts compared

1,270 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Illinois: 39%

7.3%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 98% of school districts in Illinois

Median 33% · 561 school districts compared

1,269 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$12.6K15

$13.7K16

$16.1K17

$18.6K18

$19.2K19

$17.6K20

$30.5K21

$22.4K22

$23.2K23

$26.0K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 17% · $12.9M
State: 58% · $43.7M
Local: 25% · $18.7M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $12,423
Support services: $12,836
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $4.4M
Long-term debt: $3.9M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 5Middle schools: 2

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Beulah Park Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	289	18.1	—	—	Zion
East Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	275	19.6	—	—	Zion
Elmwood Elem SchoolFree meals for all	3–5	336	16.0	19%	9.1%	Zion
Lakeview SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	249	13.1	—	—	Zion
West Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	3–5	339	11.3	13%	5.4%	Zion
Shiloh Park Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	358	13.5	20%	7.8%	Zion
Zion Central Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	330	11.2	21%	6.6%	Zion

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 2800 29th St, Zion, IL 60099
Phone: (847)379-0118

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.