Regular local school district · Carver County
Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist runs 5 public schools with 1,440 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,440
- Teachers (FTE)
- 91
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1001 Highway 25 NW, Watertown, MN 55388
- Phone
- (952)955-0480
- County
- Carver County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2741910
- State district ID
- MN-010111
- Total staff (FTE)
- 176
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 720 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.8
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,485), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $25.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.4 million
- State revenue
- $14.9 million
- Local revenue
- $9.5 million
- Total spending
- $28.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,369
- Salaries
- $10.8 million37.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $49.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.4%
- State: 57.7%
- Local: 36.9%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,369
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Watertown Mayer High | High | 9 to 12 | 516 | 19.8 |
| Watertown-Mayer Cmty Learning Cntr | Prekindergarten | PK | 24 | 4.8 |
| Watertown-Mayer Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 482 | 15.5 |
| Watertown-Mayer Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 418 | 16.1 |
| WM - Connections | High | 9 to 12 | 0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Carver County
- Eastern Carver County Public School 9,274 students
- Waconia Public School District 3,984 students
- Central Public School District 966 students
- Cologne Academy 731 students
- World Learner Charter School 210 students
- Carver County Schools Network
More in Minnesota
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.