Whoever claims that teaching isn't a lucrative career hasn't talked to Terry Clarke, Elmhurst's highest-paid high school teacher in 2015.

Clarke, of York Community High School, raked in a whopping $184,343 last year. The number represents full adjusted pay, and included in the amount is $17,416 of taxpayer-funded benefits, the DuPage Policy Journal reported.

The Illinois State Board of Education also released numbers indiciating the top 50 highest-paid teachers in Elmhurst School District 205 each earned more than $126,000 in full adjusted pay in 2015.