Iowa County is definitely purple Wisconsin with about 42% voting for Trump/Walker. Average teacher salaries in this county range from $53,244 to $61,964. Likely owing to it's proximity to northern Illinois, every school district in the county had double digit teacher raises since 2011. While not as good as Minnesota, many Wisconsin teachers could see $10,000 pay raises or more by migrating to the higher salaries and better schools located in northern Illinois.
The increase in average teacher salaries for the Dodgeville school district was 17.8% which was half the inflation rate. The average teacher salary was one of the lowest in Iowa County at $54,287.
The Dodgeville school board may not place a high priority on attracting and retaining good teachers by keeping up with market salary conditions but it sure finds money for BIG Superintendent raises. To be fair, the district did combine the Superintendent position with the HS principal position. During the same period, the Superintendent pay increased by 56.6%, the largest increase in Iowa County.
For these reasons, we rated the career potential for teachers in this district as a DEAD END job.
2025 Update: In spring 2025, voters overwhelmingly rejected an Operational Referendum to fund the Dodgeville school district. Voters knew there would be numerous teacher layoffs and program closures, but voted to reject the referendum anyway. Following the "No" vote, referendum opponents took a "Victory Lap" by DENIGRATING teachers as overpaid, lazy, POS at every possible opportunity. Dodgeville is a school district where the majority of the community DOES NOT support it's teachers or other school employees. We STRONGLY advise anyone being recruited to teach in the Dodgeville School District to steer clear of this extremely anti-teacher community.