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Watertown School District

Watertown School District in Connecticut: 5 public schools with 2,499 students and 11.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $25,397 per student in FY2024.

Schools
5
Students
2,499
Students per teacher
11.7
CT 11.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student
$25,397
CT $25.7K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE)
214
Counselors (FTE)
7.0
Students per counselor
357
CT 297 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE)
8.0
Librarians (FTE): 4.0

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024
$16.8K15
$16.9K16
$18.4K17
$18.6K18
$19.8K19
$20.3K20
$22.8K21
$23.8K22
$24.7K23
$25.4K24
Where the money comes from (FY2024)
Federal
3.2% · $2.2M
State
33% · $22.3M
Local
64% · $43.7M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction
$15,746
Support services
$8,917
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
$702K
Long-term debt
$20.7M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 1High schools: 1
SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
3–530214.0
Pre-K–261013.6
3–530312.9
6–859110.9
9–1269310.6

Sources

Address
61 Echo Lake Road, Watertown, CT 06795
Phone
(860)945-4800
Website