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Watertown Senior 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1335 Washington St
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone
(315) 785-3800
District
WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1068
Classroom Teachers
75

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

7

(10 is best)

Better than 61.9% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
73%
64%
88%
79%
58%
49%
    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
14
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 315 29.5%
Grade 10 250 23.4%
Grade 11 269 25.2%
Grade 12 224 21.0%
Total 1068 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 77.3% 76.1% 42.7%
Black 9.4% 9.1% 16.7%
Hispanic 10.2% 12.4% 29.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.5% 2.0% 10.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 58.6% 63.4% 51.9%
Free lunch eligible 56.7% 59.7% 49.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.9% 3.7% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 29,457 19,677,151
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,026.3 415
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.5% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.4% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.7% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.3% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 14.2% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 13,446 7,604,523
Single Parent Households With Children 10.3% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.5% 87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.3% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.1% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.2% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.3% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.0% 14.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.0% 12.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.3% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 14.2% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,600 $46,063,600 62.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $902 $3,581,842 4.8%
Staff $1,092 $4,336,332 5.8%
General Administration $829 $3,291,959 4.4%
School Administration $709 $2,815,439 3.8%
Operation $1,268 $5,035,228 6.8%
Transportation $675 $2,680,425 3.6%
Other $309 $1,227,039 1.7%
Total Support $5,784 $22,968,264 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,305 $5,182,155 7.0%
Total Expenditures $18,689 $74,214,019 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,076 $25,679,492,110 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $711 $1,811,195,610 3.9%
Staff $1,093 $2,785,174,478 6.0%
General Administration $369 $939,188,377 2.0%
School Administration $665 $1,695,918,538 3.6%
Operation $1,225 $3,122,121,555 6.7%
Transportation $822 $2,095,516,316 4.5%
Other $434 $1,104,814,866 2.4%
Total Support $5,318 $13,553,790,026 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,875 $7,327,505,512 15.7%
Total Expenditures $18,270 $46,560,743,229 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%