Schools · Watertown
Watertown, WI schools
21 public, charter and private schools in Watertown. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Watertown’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Watertown’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
C+Test scoresC+Graduation
Wisconsin school districts we grade (436)Better than 49%
Lower resultsHigher results
Wisconsin towns with similar household incomes (1,160)Better than 59%
High confidence. Built on 1,519 tested students and a graduating class of 342; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Wisconsin’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Wisconsin only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Wisconsin with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Watertown School District)36%
State average 37.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
94% graduate on time
Graduation rate
94%
WI: 90.1%
Graduating class
342
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #157 of 301 WI towns →
Districts
The district serving Watertown
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 21 schools in Watertown
Showing 1–21 of 21 schools
Webster ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 381 students
APublicDouglas ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 311 students
B+PublicSchurz ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 223 students
CPublicLincoln ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 140 students
B-PublicSt. Marks Evangelical Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 212 students
PrivateSt. John's Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 180 students
PrivateGood Shepherd Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 166 students
PrivateCalvary Baptist Christian SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 160 students
PrivateTrinity-St. Lukes Lutheran Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 139 students
PrivateSt. Henry Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 · 102 students
PrivateTrinity St. Lukes Lutheran Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 3–8 · 88 students
PrivateWatertown Catholic School, St. Bernards CampusElementary · Grades PK–K · 22 students
PrivateFaith Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 21 students
PrivateRiverside MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 616 students
C+PublicWatertown HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,012 students
C-PublicEndeavor Charter SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 46 students
C-CharterLuther Preparatory SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 409 students
PrivateMaranatha Baptist AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 65 students
PrivateSt. Jude AcademyHigh · Grades 9–11 · 5 students
PrivateWatertown 4 KidsPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 155 students
PubliceCampus Academy Charter SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 132 students
CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.