District Info
Career Prospect: 
Dead End Job

Monroe County

County Seat: 
Sparta
WCA District: 
Western
Political Environment
2016 Election: 
59% Trump
2018 Election: 
56% Walker
2020 Election: 
61% Trump
2024 Election: 
63% Trump
COVID Rate: 
49% Fully Vaccinated
Money Stolen From This District's Taxpayers to Fund School Vouchers Across Wisconsin
2022-23 School Year: 
$652,537
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: 
$45,776
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate: 
$62,438
2022-23 Average Salary: 
$51,254
2023-24 Projected Salary at 36.4% Inflation Rate: 
$62,438
2023-24 Average Salary: 
$53,279
Average Teacher Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
36.4%
Real Salary Change: 
16.4%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change : 
$-11,184
2023-24 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-9,159

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 Sparta school district had the lowest teacher average salary in Monroe County at $50,521.

The increase in average teacher salary for the Sparta school district was 12% since 2011, which was well below that rate of inflation. 

During the same time period, the Sparta school board increased the Superintendent pay by 28%, which was just above the rate of inflation.

Prospective teachers who are being recruiting by the Sparta school district need to thoroughly research the many news stories about this district from the past five years. Google is your friend here, and may prevent you from making a career ending mistake.

Suffice to say that teachers working in this school district are under constant duress from right wing, anti-public education MAGA nut jobs. As reported by numerous local and even national media outlets, there is little community support for the Sparta public schools from the MAGA right wingers that fill school board meetings.

For all of these reasons, we rate the career potential for teachers in this school district as a DEAD END job. 

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.

 

Estimated Average Teacher Income Loss Since 2011 From Act 10
$148,365

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: 
$119,802
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate : 
$163,410
2022-23 Superintendent Salary: 
$153,323
2023-24 Projected Salary at 36.4% Inflation Rate: 
$163,410
2023-24 Superintendent Salary: 
$162,664
Superintendent Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
36.4%
Real Salary Change: 
35.8%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-10,087
2023-24 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-746

April 2024 Referendum Results

Taxpayers approved a $1,500,000 non- recurring operational referendum. 

 

 

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

Additional Information:

Seems that there has been a high turnover of teachers leaving this school district in recent years. In addition, we have read several news stories of state Republican Party involvement and spending to defeat a local referendum to keep a beloved Sparta elementary school open.

Especially with the majority pro-Trump voting patterns of this area, and the anti-teacher turmoil in both the schools and the greater community, we would caution prospective teachers to be very cautious before signing a contract to work in this community. 

 

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.