BATON ROUGE - An elementary school employee was placed on leave while law enforcement investigates claims that a child ended up in a hospital after he was struck by a teacher.
The Illinois Schools Report Card finds that 80 percent of teachers stay at Belle Aire Elementary School year to year, according to their 2020 three-year average.
The Illinois State Board of Education records data concerning faculty salary, retention and attendance because maintaining a stable faculty makes for a better environment for teachers and students, furthering student success, according to the report.
Downers Grove Gsd 58 full-time faculty members number 304, with a student-teacher ratio of 19-to-1. There are 240 students enrolled at the elementary school.
The average salary for teachers within the district is $82,420, ranking it 67th out of 1096 districts in the state for pay. About 80.8 percent of teachers at the elementary school and 80.8 percent of those in the district were absent 10 days or fewer in 2020, compared to 86.6 percent of teachers in the state.
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