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Watertown High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
324 French St.
Watertown, CT 06795
Phone
(860) 945-4810
District
Watertown School District
County
NAUGATUCK VALLEY PLANNING REGION
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
735
Classroom Teachers
70

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

5

(10 is best)

Better than 45.4% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Watertown High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
40%
42%
52%
51%
28%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 169 23.0%
Grade 10 188 25.6%
Grade 11 184 25.0%
Grade 12 194 26.4%
Total 735 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 83.1% 83.0% 49.8%
Black 3.7% 3.8% 13.1%
Hispanic 11.1% 11.2% 31.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.0% 1.5% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 33.6% 35.9% 40.5%
Free lunch eligible 23.9% 26.7% 34.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.7% 9.1% 5.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,177 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 764.4 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.5% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.1% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.8% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 22.5% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,796 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 3.9% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.1% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 36.8% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 21.1% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.3% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.8% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.3% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.0% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.8% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 4.6% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,843 $35,965,000 58.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $982 $2,550,000 4.1%
Staff $215 $559,000 0.9%
General Administration $987 $2,563,000 4.1%
School Administration $1,452 $3,772,000 6.1%
Operation $2,814 $7,311,000 11.8%
Transportation $1,077 $2,799,000 4.5%
Other $225 $585,000 0.9%
Total Support $7,752 $20,139,000 32.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,196 $5,706,000 9.2%
Total Expenditures $23,791 $61,810,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,725 $6,534,583,000 52.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,630 $836,790,000 6.7%
Staff $779 $400,100,000 3.2%
General Administration $505 $259,319,000 2.1%
School Administration $1,234 $633,707,000 5.1%
Operation $1,918 $985,042,000 7.9%
Transportation $969 $497,686,000 4.0%
Other $716 $367,425,000 2.9%
Total Support $7,751 $3,980,069,000 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,787 $1,944,552,000 15.6%
Total Expenditures $24,263 $12,459,204,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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