Holmen

This district is located near the Minnesota border. The Republican Dictatorship that rules Wisconsin continues to defund public schools while Minnesota just sent a 2 BILLION dollar funding increase to keep it's public schools #1 in America. Wisconsin is declining while Minnesota is the economic engine of the Midwest.

We strongly urge prospective teaching candidates to leave school districts like this for the much higher pay and benefits offered in Minnesota districts.

Average teacher salaries for in La Crosse County range from $49,600 to $62,184. Politically this county votes for Democrats in statewide elections, but due to the gerrymandered electoral maps imposed by the Republican Dictatorship that rules Wisconsin, most of the state legislators elected in this area are anti-public education Republicans.

The average teacher salary for the Holmen school district is at the top of the salary range, coming in at $62,184 . Since July 2011, the average teacher salary in this school district has only increased by 26.7% which is about equal to the rate of inflation.

We like it when school boards like the Holmen school board give relatively equal pay raises to both the Superintendent and teachers. The Holmen school board gave the Superintendent a 27.8% pay increase during the same time period.

We have found that districts where the Superintendent and teachers are equally valued are some of the best places to teach in Wisconsin. Though we much prefer Minnesota as a career destination for young talented Wisconsin teachers, we think that the Holmen school district would Likely be a Good Place to work as well.  Well done Holmen!!!