Kenosha County is definitely purple Wisconsin with about 51% voting for Trump and Standing With Walker from 2011 to 2018. Average teacher salaries in this county range from $50,409 to $74,590.
Likely owing to it's proximity to northern Illinois, most districts gave teachers double digit raises in order to stem the exodus of teachers to the much higher paying districts in northeastern Illinois. While not as good as Minnesota, many Wisconsin teachers could see $10,000 pay raises or more by migrating to the higher salaries and better schools located in northern Illinois.
The increase in average teacher salaries for the Twin Lakes school district was -13.8% which was far below the inflation rate. This means that the Average Teacher Salary actually declined by almost 14% in real dollars, or nearly 40% in spending power since 2011. With numbers like these, we cannot understand how this district has been able to hire or retain teachers. As if a 40% pay cut wasn't enough reason for teachers to flee this district, the average teacher salary in the 2022-23 school year was only $50,409, the LOWEST in Kenosha County.
For these reasons, we rated the career potential for teachers in this district as a Dead End job
