This school district is located in Polk County, where the majority of residents are huge Trump supporters. Not surprisingly, public education in this county suffers from a lack of support from the mostly MAGA county residents.
The Polk County school district average teacher salary ranges from $51,453 to $63,590.
The Clayton school district had one of the lower average teacher salaries in Polk County at $53,736. The increase in average teacher salary for the Clayton school district was only 14.7% since 2011, which was below that rate of inflation.
During the same time period, the Superintendent pay increase was 13.5%, which was about equal to the average teacher pay increase, but still below the rate of inflation.
When we see districts with relatively equal increases in pay for teachers and the Superintendent, which are still below the rate of inflation, generally these districts are experiencing financial problems likely resulting from the extreme defunding of public schools by the MAGA Republican Dictatorship that has ruled Wisconsin since 2011.
With this county being located adjacent to the Minnesota border, we urge teachers considering teaching here to explore teaching vacancies just across the border in Minnesota. Successful candidates could earn starting salaries of $10-15,000 more than what teachers are now earning in Wisconsin, with far higher career salary potential.
We rate the career potential for teachers in this district as a DEAD END job.
