This school district is located in Jefferson County. By a strong majority, the residents of this county are strong Trump supporters, and spent 2012-2018 Standing With Walker. Not surprisingly, public education in this county suffers from a lack of support from many county residents who are strong MAGA supporters. Since the MAGA Republican Dictatorship that rules Wisconsin enacted Act 10 in 2011, teachers in nearly every school district in this county have suffered significant salary and benefit cuts imposed by MAGA-controlled school boards.
Average teacher pay in this county ranges from $49,289 to $67,020. The Jefferson school district average teacher salary was in the middle at $58,692. The increase in average teacher salary since 2011 was 21.2% which was just below the inflation rate.
The Jefferson school board raised the Superintendent salary by 25%, which was about the same raise as the teachers received.
We rate the career employment potential for this district as Might be a Good Place to Teach.
April 2024 Referendum Results
Taxpayers REJECTED a $8,400,000 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.