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Jefferson Elementary - 09, Watertown, SD

Jefferson Elementary - 09 is a public elementary school in Watertown, part of Watertown School District 14-4. It enrolled 333 students in 2024-25, with 14.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
333
Teachers (FTE)
23.0
Students per teacher
14.5
Grades
1 to 4

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.1. The South Dakota average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.5
District15.1
South Dakota14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1701 N Maple St, Watertown, SD 57201
Phone
(605)882-6390
District
Watertown School District 14-4
County
Codington County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
467662001083
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
83
Reduced-price lunch
26
Free or reduced-price lunch
10932.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
59Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Watertown School District 14-4

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.