This school district is located in Vernon County, where a majority of residents are Trump supporters. Not surprisingly, public education in this county suffers from a lack of support from the mostly MAGA county residents.
The Vernon County school district average teacher salary ranges from $48,453 to $56,148. With one exception, most school districts in this county have really low average teacher salaries; with many teachers with families eligible for federal and state anti-poverty programs. Likely this is why nearly all of this county's school districts are ALWAYS posting jobs on WECAN.
The Viroqua Area school district had the HIGHEST average teacher salary in this county at $56,148. The increase in average teacher salary for this school district was only 30.8% since 2011, which was above the rate of inflation.
Superintendent pay increased by 24.8%, which was about equal to the rate of inflation since 2011.
With this county being located adjacent to the Minnesota border, we urge teachers considering teaching 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 Likely a Good Place to Work for having the highest average salary in the county, raises to keep up with inflation, and treating the teachers & Superintendent equally.
