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Watertown Unified School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Watertown Unified School District runs 10 public schools with 3,076 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 3,076
- Teachers (FTE)
- 227
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 111 Dodge St, Watertown, WI 53094
- Phone
- (920)262-1460
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5515750
- State district ID
- WI-6125
- Total staff (FTE)
- 547
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 385 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district13.6
Wisconsin14.0
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 (3,296), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $57.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.6 million
- State revenue
- $29.8 million
- Local revenue
- $22.7 million
- Total spending
- $49.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,054
- Salaries
- $25.7 million51.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.0%
- State: 52.2%
- Local: 39.7%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,054
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Watertown Unified School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Douglas Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 311 | 11.1 |
| eCampus Academy Charter SchoolCharter | Other | PK to 12 | 132 | 16.5 |
| Endeavor Charter SchoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 46 | 15.3 |
| LEAP Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 60 | 20.0 |
| Lincoln Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 140 | 12.7 |
| Riverside Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 616 | 12.6 |
| Schurz Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 223 | 10.1 |
| Watertown 4 Kids | Prekindergarten | PK | 155 | 19.4 |
| Watertown High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,012 | 15.1 |
| Webster Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 381 | 14.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jefferson County
- Fort Atkinson School District 2,291 students
- Jefferson School District 1,612 students
- Lake Mills Area School District 1,473 students
- Cambridge School District 912 students
- Waterloo School District 747 students
- Johnson Creek School District 634 students
- Palmyra-Eagle Area School District 521 students
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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.