District profile / Minnesota

Watertown-Mayer Public School District

Watertown, Minnesota · Public school district · #116 of 147 Minnesota districts by enrollment

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1,440

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,310

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 12% below the Minnesota median

15.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Minnesota median 15.4

Watertown-Mayer Public School District is a public school district based in Watertown, Minnesota, serving 1,440 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #116 of the 147 Minnesota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 21% of them. Its schools average 288 students each, fewer than the Minnesota median of 381. It spends about $11,310 per student on day-to-day operations, 12% less than the Minnesota median. It has roughly 15.8 students per teacher.

How Watertown-Mayer compares

Watertown-MayerMinnesota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,310

Minnesota median $12,893 · 12% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,087

Minnesota median $8,231 · 14% below · FY2020-21

Students per school288

Minnesota median 381 · 24% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.8

Minnesota median 15.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor720

Minnesota median 558 · 29% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 58%Local 37%

Measure	Watertown-Mayer	Minnesota median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,310	$12,893	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,087	$8,231	FY2020-21
Total spending	$28.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	91	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	176	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.8	15.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	720	558	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 Minnesota median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Minnesota

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
New London-Spicer School DistrictNew London	1,518	5	$12,803	13.0	#115
Watertown-Mayer Public School DistrictWatertown · this district	1,440	5	$11,310	15.8	#116
Plainview-Elgin-MillvillePlainview	1,405	4	$10,002	15.4	#117
Glencoe-Silver Lake School DistrictGlencoe	1,390	4	$12,438	15.6	#118
Montevideo Public School DistrictMontevideo	1,372	5	$13,460	15.2	#119

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Alpine Union ElementaryAlpine, CA	1,441	$11,950	21.2
Warren School DistrictWarren, AR	1,440	$11,131	12.5
Wells-Ogunquit CSDWells, ME	1,440	$20,118	12.0
Nine Mile Falls School DistrictNine Mile Falls, WA	1,440	$14,294	16.7

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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