Sun Prairie Area

This school district is located in Dane County, which historically has voted around 80% for Democrats and is the fastest growing county in Wisconsin. Buoyed by the city of Madison and the University of Wisconsin, Dane County is one of the most desirable counties in Wisconsin to live in.

Teachers in Dane County school districts earn some of the highest salaries in Wisconsin. The average teacher salaries for Dane County school districts range from $52, 546 to $65, 472 as of the 2022-23 school year. Like every Wisconsin county, some school districts are really great places to work while the school boards in other districts have used Act 10 to make their districts really lousy places to teach.

Teachers in the Sun Praire Area school district enjoyed an average salary of $57,581. Since July 2011, the average teacher salary increased by 17%, which is below the rate of inflation. While some of that lower increase can be explained by normal teacher turnover, we think that the Sun Praire school board could have done better in the pay raise department, especially in light of the MONSTER nearly 50% raise given to the Superintendent during the same time period.

When a district prioritize Superintendent pay raises at a level nearly 3 times what teachers receive, we rate the career employment potential for teachers in this district as a Dead End job.