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 Westby Area school district had a mid-range average teacher salaries in this county at $51,884. The increase in average teacher salary for this school district was 17% since 2011, which was a little below the rate of inflation.
Superintendent pay increased by 21.1% which was pretty equal to the teacher pay raises.
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.
Hard to rate this district. It's average teacher salary was just above the $50,000 threshold, and that salary is just falling behind inflation. With that low average salary, we're going to rate it as a Dead End job.
