Regular local school district · Jefferson County
Watertown City School District, NY: schools, enrollment and spending
Watertown City School District runs 8 public schools with 3,964 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is 1.4 higher than the New York figure of 11.4.Listed in NCES data as "WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,964
- Teachers (FTE)
- 309
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- NY: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1351 Washington St, Watertown, NY 13601
- Phone
- (315)785-3700
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3630120
- State district ID
- NY-222000010000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 683
- School counselors (FTE)
- 16.0About 248 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
New York11.4
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 (3,932), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $77.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.3 million
- State revenue
- $49.9 million
- Local revenue
- $18.0 million
- Total spending
- $72.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,470
- Salaries
- $37.1 million51.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $14.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 64.6%
- Local: 23.3%
New York overall
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 37.7%
- Local: 57.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,470
New York$30,973
United States$16,826
Schools in Watertown City School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Case Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 586 | 11.5 |
| Harold T Wiley SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 614 | 12.5 |
| Knickerbocker SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 340 | 12.6 |
| North Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 435 | 12.8 |
| Ohio Street SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 308 | 13.4 |
| Sherman SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 323 | 14.7 |
| Starbuck Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 153 | 10.9 |
| Watertown Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,181 | 13.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jefferson County
- Indian River Central School District 3,417 students
- Carthage Central School District 3,183 students
- South Jefferson Central School District 1,797 students
- General Brown Central School District 1,374 students
- Thousand Islands Central School District 816 students
- Belleville-Henderson Central School District 504 students
- Alexandria Central School District 465 students
- LA Fargeville Central School District 459 students
- Sackets Harbor Central School District 418 students
- Lyme Central School District 347 students
- Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES 0 students
More in New York
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.