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Watertown School District

Watertown, Connecticut · Public school district · #59 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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2,528

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,870

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

11.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Watertown School District is a public school district based in Watertown, Connecticut, serving 2,528 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #59 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 46% of them. Its schools average 506 students each, about the same as the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $21,870 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.9 students per teacher.

How Watertown compares

WatertownConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,870

Connecticut median $21,960 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$13,743

Connecticut median $13,098 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school506

Connecticut median 508 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.9

Connecticut median 11.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor361

Connecticut median 321 · 12% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$65.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 31%Local 65%

Measure	Watertown	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,870	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,743	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$61.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$65.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	213	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	542	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.9	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	361	321	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Connecticut median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Connecticut

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Brookfield School DistrictBrookfield	2,542	3	$20,553	12.6	#57
Rocky Hill School DistrictRocky Hill	2,539	5	$20,834	11.6	#58
Watertown School DistrictWatertown · this district	2,528	5	$21,870	11.9	#59
Ellington School DistrictEllington	2,526	5	$18,874	11.8	#60
East Lyme School DistrictEast Lyme	2,500	5	$22,982	10.0	#61

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
SudburySudbury, MA	2,529	$21,877	10.9
Cloquet Public School DistrictCloquet, MN	2,529	$13,155	15.8
Hamilton Community SchoolsHamilton, MI	2,528	$12,288	16.6
West Point Consolidated School DistrictWest Point, MS	2,528	$10,264	12.3

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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