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Watertown School District

Watertown, Connecticut · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,528
Students enrolled
5
Public schools
214
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.8:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 74
  • Kindergarten 161
  • Grade 1 172
  • Grade 2 203
  • Grade 3 195
  • Grade 4 191
  • Grade 5 219
  • Grade 6 188
  • Grade 7 203
  • Grade 8 205
  • Grade 9 162
  • Grade 10 172
  • Grade 11 176
  • Grade 12 207

By race/ethnicity

  • White 76%
  • Hispanic/Latino 14%
  • Black or African American 4%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • 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

42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,040 of 2,499 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 33%
  • Reduced-price lunch 8%

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

$24,585 spent per student on day-to-day operations Connecticut median: $24,991 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $14,934
  • Support services $8,917
  • Other (food service, etc.) $735

Where the money comes from

  • Local 64%
  • State 33%
  • Federal 3%

Total revenue $68.2 milliontotal spending $68.5 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.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Midsize

Total staff (FTE)

542

District office

61 Echo Lake Road, Watertown CT 06795

County

Litchfield County

Official website

NCES District ID

904890

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About Watertown School District

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

Watertown views the education of its children as a shared responsibility of the school system, our families, and the community. The school system serves a diverse population of approximately 3,300 students in grades pre-K-12. As part of the district’s continuous improvement initiative, considerable efforts have been undertaken to revise curriculum and engage students in powerful learning experiences aligned to state standards and emphasizing the critical thinking and problem solving skills necessary for students to be successful in college and as citizens in our global community.
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