Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126 鈥� Lake County, IL: Schools & Enrollment

Key statistics

2,533

Students enrolled

2

Public schools

164

Classroom teachers (FTE)

15.5:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Grade 9 583
Grade 10 660
Grade 11 598
Grade 12 692

By race/ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino 57%
Black or African American 21%
White 12%
Two or more races 6%
American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
Asian 1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,565 of 2,533 students in the district's schools

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$22,286 spent per student on day-to-day operations Illinois median: $18,461 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $11,092
Support services $10,775
Other (food service, etc.) $420

Where the money comes from

Local 44%
State 50%
Federal 6%

Total revenue $81.7 milliontotal spending $75.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

09 to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

325

District office

3901 21st St, Zion IL 60099

Phone

(847) 731-9792

County

Lake County

Official website

NCES District ID

1743890

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About Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126

Description provided by the district or community 鈥� not part of the NCES dataset.

Zion-Benton Twp. High School is located in Zion, Illinois, near Lake Michigan and the Wisconsin-Illinois border. It is one of Zion-Benton Twp. High School District 126's two high school campuses. The District is located halfway between Milwaukee and Chicago, and its population of over 2,800 students represents the diverse communities of Zion, Beach Park, Winthrop Harbor, Wadsworth, and unincorporated areas of Newport and Benton Townships. We're proud of our diversity; our student accomplishments in academics, athletics, and extra-curricular activities; and the many supportive relationships we enjoy with our community stakeholders.