The top 20 highest paid teachers in Nippersink SD 2 each earned more than $55,000 in total compensation in 2014, according to the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
The amount reflects teachers' full adjusted pay - a calculation which includes benefits and all pension contributions by taxpayers for each teacher, and reflects a full year of work instead of the nine months teachers actually worked.
Records show that in 2014, Deborah Zahn, a teacher at Spring Grove Elementary School located at 4213 U.S. Highway 12, received $69,694.48, the highest full adjusted pay among all teachers in the district.
No benefits were included in that amount.
Overall, the total amount Nippersink SD 2 spent on its 20 highest paid teachers in 2014 was $1,213,497.79.
Nippersink SD 2 had 94 teachers in 2014.
According to the United States Census Bureau's 2014 Census American Community Survey (ACS), the median household income for Illinois was $57,444 in 2014.
ISBE is responsible for administering public education in Illinois and consists of nine board members appointed by the governor and approved by the Senate.
*Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly noted the teacher benefits data was from fiscal year 2015 when it was actually from fiscal year 2014. We have updated the story accordingly.