Kenosha County is definitely purple Wisconsin with about 51% voting for Trump and Standing With Walker from 2011 to 2018. Average teacher salaries in this county range from $50,409 to $74,590.
Likely owing to it's proximity to northern Illinois, most districts gave teachers double digit raises in order to stem the exodus of teachers to the much higher paying districts in northeastern Illinois. 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 Bristol school district was 25.2% which was equal to the inflation rate. The average teacher salary was one of the highest in Kenosha County at $66,062.
For these reasons, we rated the career potential for teachers in this district as Likely a Good Place to Teach.
April 2024 Referendum Results
Taxpayers REJECTED a $1,400,000 non- recurring operational referendum. Organized opposition to this referendum focused on cutting teacher positions and teacher salaries by at least 20%.
Teachers in this district will likely face some combination of layoffs, significant workload increases, benefit cuts, a salary freeze for newer teachers with pay cuts for experienced teachers in order for this district to continue operations.