District Info
Career Prospect: 
Likely a Good Place to Work

Grant County

County Seat: 
Lancaster
WCA District: 
Southern
Political Environment
2016 Election: 
51% Trump
2018 Election: 
49% Walker
2020 Election: 
55% Trump
2024 Election: 
58% Trump
COVID Rate: 
47% Fully Vaccinated
Money Stolen From This District's Taxpayers to Fund School Vouchers Across Wisconsin
2022-23 School Year: 
$0
The Republican Dictatorship that rules 'Wisconsin has underfunded public schools since 2011 while giving the largest funding increases in America to private & parochial voucher schools.
Average Teacher Salaries
2010-2011 Average Salary: 
$41,885
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate: 
$57,131
2022-23 Average Salary: 
$51,848
2023-24 Projected Salary at 36.4% Inflation Rate: 
$57,131
2023-24 Average Salary: 
$55,457
Average Teacher Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
36.4%
Real Salary Change: 
32.4%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change : 
$-5,283
2023-24 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-1,674

This district is located adjacent to the Minnesota/Iowa 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. Stay out of Iowa as that state screws teachers even worse than the MAGA Republican Dictatorship that rules Wisconsin.

Average teacher salaries for in Grant County range from $48,179 to $62,095. Politically, this is Trump Country with about 56% of the voters supporting Trump and Standing With Walker before Trump. 

The average teacher salary for the Potosi school district is the low end in the Grant County salary range, coming in at $51,848. Since July 2011, the average teacher salary in this school district has only increased by 23.8% which is about equal to the rate of inflation. 

The Potosi school board should be credited with trying to keep both their teachers and the Superintendent up with inflation. The Superintendent's raise was about the same as the teachers' raises, with the Superintendent getting 21.1%. 

.For these reasons, we rate the career salary potential for this district as Might Be a Good District to Work in.

Estimated Average Teacher Income Loss Since 2011 From Act 10
$92,219

The Republican Dictatorship that has Ruled Wisconsin Since 2011 has underfunded public schools by over 4 Billion dollars in order to provide massive tax cuts to the wealthiest individual taxpayers and big business and manufacturers by severely reducing teacher salaries & benefits.

Superintendent Earnings
2010-2011 Superintendent Salary: 
$96,254
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate : 
$131,290
2022-23 Superintendent Salary: 
$116,539
2023-24 Projected Salary at 36.4% Inflation Rate: 
$131,290
2023-24 Superintendent Salary: 
$121,783
Superintendent Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
36.4%
Real Salary Change: 
26.5%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-14,751
2023-24 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-9,507

April 2024 Referendum Results

Taxpayers approved a $700,000 recurring referendum for operational expenses.

 

 

Ten Year Teacher Salaries
Median 2020-2021 First Year Teacher Salary: 
$0
Projected Ten Year Salary in 2020-21: 
$0
Median 2020-2021 Ten Year Teacher Salary: 
$0
Ten Year Teacher Salary Performance
10 Year WERC Inflation Rate: 
26.3%
Real Salary Change : 
0.0%
Real Purchasing Power Change*: 
$0