This school district is located in Dane County, which historically has voted around 80% for Democrats and is the fastest growing county in Wisconsin. Buoyed by the city of Madison and the University of Wisconsin, Dane County is one of the most desirable counties in Wisconsin to live in.
Teachers in Dane County school districts earn some of the highest salaries in Wisconsin. The average teacher salaries for Dane County school districts range from $52, 546 to $65, 472 as of the 2022-23 school year. Like every Wisconsin county, some school districts are really great places to work while the school boards in other districts have used Act 10 to make their districts really lousy places to teach.
Average teacher salaries in the DeForest school district increased by about two thirds the inflation rate (16.7%) since July 2011. The average teacher salary of just over $61,000 was about the median for Dane County districts. This district also increased the Superintendent salary by 23.1% which was a little less than the rate of inflation.
For these reasons, we rate the career employment potential for teachers in this district as a Dead End job.