This school district is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County school district average teacher salary ranges from $51,789 to $54,523. The Alma Center school district had the highest average teacher salary in Jackson County at $54,523. The increase in average teacher salary for the Alma Center school district was 26.9% since 2011, which maintained the value of teacher salaries versus the inflation rate.
Based on the average teacher salary being the highest in the county AND the increase in average teacher salary being equal to the inflation rate, we rate the career potential for teachers in this district as Might Be a Good District to Teach in.
Looking at the salary distribution and progression for this district, we noted quite a difference in salaries between high school teachers and elementary teachers. There appears to have been quite a high turnover in this district, as there are not many teachers with many years of experience still employed. That could be one reason why the average teacher salary didn't increase much from 2011 to 2021.
Examining the salary progression for first through ten year teachers, we observed linear salary increases from first through fourth year salaries, then a scattershot distribution of salaries for fifth through ten years of experience. There were teachers with eight years of service to the district earning the same salary as a third year teacher. Though the increases in median salaries for the first ten years look really good, we would caution prospective teachers that most teachers in this district have maximum salaries in the low to mid-50,000 range. Though better than the sub-40,000 starting salary, that still is a pretty low maximum salary range.