This school district is located in Iron County, which in one of the most rabid Trump supporting Wisconsin counties. Not surprisingly, public education in this county suffers from a lack of support from the mostly MAGA county residents.
The Iron County school district average teacher salary ranges from $49,663 to $57,146.
The Mercer school district had the lowest average teacher salary in Iron County. The increase in average teacher salary for the Mercer school district was 24.2% since 2011, which was about equal to the inflation rate.
The Hurley school board did increase the Superintendent pay by 71.4%, which was one of the LARGEST pay increases for the Superintendent position in Wisconsin.
If you are considering accepting a teaching position in this school district and community, we strongly suggest that you Google Mercer school district and look at all the news stories from the past decade or so. Sure is a LOT of drama going on in such a small community......
We rate career employment potential for teachers as a Dead End job.
April 2024 Referendum Results
Taxpayers approved a $4,000,000 non- recurring operational referendum.
Planning on Returning to Teach in this District Next Year?
Have All Teachers Received CPI Pay Increases the Past 2 Years?
2023 CPI was 8.00%
2024 CPI was 4.12%
No???
Sick of the School Board Lavishing Big Raises on the Superintendent While Screwing Teachers?
Time to Send a Message to the School Board.....
Without a Guarantee of a BIG RAISE for signing your contract for the 2024-25 SY,
Make your School District WAIT until the week of June 12th to return your contract.
All contracts due by Saturday June 15th.
This is one of over 200 Wisconsin school districts have SCREWED teachers (50,000+) since 2011 while giving MASSIVE pay raises to the Superintendent.
Make your District value YOUR RETURN for next year as much as they value the Superintendent.
Unless they offer at least a CPI raise for all teachers,
Hold off on returning your signed contract until June 12-14th.