Is this in wealthier neighborhoods? As far as I know teachers in middle and lower middle class schools don't make much (many <$40k). And more important are kid

Is this in wealthier neighborhoods? As far as I know teachers in middle and lower middle class schools don't make much (many <$40k). And more important are kids programs which get cut altogether. I get that there's plenty of inefficiencies but the last line of defense should be schools/education but it often seems the first.