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WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Watertown, New York · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

3,964
Students enrolled
8
Public schools
310
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 305
  • Grade 1 319
  • Grade 2 339
  • Grade 3 330
  • Grade 4 261
  • Grade 5 278
  • Grade 6 311
  • Grade 7 291
  • Grade 8 280
  • Grade 9 309
  • Grade 10 315
  • Grade 11 270
  • Grade 12 278
  • Ungraded 78

By race/ethnicity

  • White 67%
  • Two or more races 13%
  • Hispanic/Latino 12%
  • Black or African American 7%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,647 of 3,940 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 64%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$20,205 spent per student on day-to-day operations New York median: $27,061 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $13,705
  • Support services $5,774
  • Other (food service, etc.) $725

Where the money comes from

  • Local 21%
  • State 65%
  • Federal 14%

Total revenue $104.6 milliontotal spending $89.9 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 84% city, 16% rural

Total staff (FTE)

684

District office

1351 WASHINGTON ST, Watertown NY 13601

County

Jefferson County

Official website

NCES District ID

3630120

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About WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Watertown City School District is dedicated to educational excellence which provides each individual with opportunities to realize maximum potential for personal growth and social responsibility, enabling each to meet the challenges of the future.
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