East Elementary School

In Zion, Illinois, East Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 2 and enrolls 275 students. That puts enrollment 28% below the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.

In Zion ESD 6, 7 schools enroll a combined 2,176 students.

Of every 100 students at East Elementary School, about 97 are Hispanic. That is higher than the 25% Hispanic share among all Lake County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.

East Elementary School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.6:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 81%. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Lake County.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lake County show that the median household earns about $110,416 a year, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Lake County, 214 public schools serve about 118,032 students.

Zion Central Middle School is the nearest public school to East Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. East Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

East Elementary School reported 14 students in 2020-21 and 275 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.

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