This school district is located in Monroe County, where the majority of residents are huge Trump supporters. Not surprisingly, public education in this county suffers from a lack of support from the mostly MAGA county residents.
The Monroe County school district average teacher salary ranges from $50,521 to $53,573.
The Norwalk-Ontario-Wilson school district had one the lowest teacher salary in Monroe County at $50,521.
The increase in average teacher salary for the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilson school district was 15.6% since 2011, which was below that rate of inflation.
We suspect that this school district is experiencing some financial problems due to paying the lowest salary in the county and paying the lowest increases in average teacher salaries and Superintendent salary (13.8%) If this district is having financial problems, they are likely being caused by some combination of declining enrollment and the minimal state aid that the MAGA Republican Dictatorship that rules Wisconsin allocates to support rural school districts like this one.
Prospective teachers who wish to teach and live in rural districts like this one would be far better served by leaving Wisconsin immediately upon college graduation in order to teach in comparable Minnesota districts that aren't starved for state funding.
With this county being located about 50 miles from the Minnesota border, we urge teachers living here to explore teaching vacancies just across the border in Minnesota. Successful candidates could earn starting salaries of $10-15,000 more than what teachers are now earning in Wisconsin, with far higher career salary potential.
We rate the career potential for teachers in this district as a DEAD END job.
