Peoria Standard

The top 20 highest paid teachers in Limestone CHSD 310 each earned more than $71,000 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, Gregory Duane Camp, a teacher at Limestone Community High School located at 4201 Airport Road, received $99,449.06, the highest full adjusted pay among all teachers in the district.

Included in that amount was $13,289.16 in taxpayer-funded benefits.

Overall, the total amount Limestone CHSD 310 spent on its 20 highest paid teachers in 2014 was $1,556,372.93.

Limestone CHSD 310 had 77 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.