Watertown
A public school district in Watertown, Massachusetts, with 5 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 2,844
- Students enrolled
- 276.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 553.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $27,763
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 2,844 in 2024–25
- Ranks 3,437th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 94th of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 80% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $27,763 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 91% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Watertown spent $27,763 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $16,318 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $27,763 | $74.9 million | 2,699 |
| FY2022 | $27,743 | $71.3 million | 2,571 |
| FY2021 | $25,816 | $65.2 million | 2,526 |
| FY2020 | $23,852 | $63.5 million | 2,663 |
| FY2019 | $22,869 | $59.6 million | 2,608 |
| FY2018 | $21,547 | $56.2 million | 2,608 |
| FY2017 | $20,821 | $55.1 million | 2,646 |
| FY2016 | $20,635 | $53.6 million | 2,598 |
| FY2015 | $20,992 | $52.1 million | 2,484 |
| FY2014 | $16,841 | $45.6 million | 2,708 |
| FY2013 | $15,668 | $42.1 million | 2,688 |
| FY2012 | $16,410 | $43.6 million | 2,659 |
| FY2011 | $16,313 | $43.2 million | 2,649 |
| FY2010 | $15,821 | $41.3 million | 2,613 |
| FY2009 | $18,279 | $46.0 million | 2,516 |
| FY2008 | $17,808 | $44.7 million | 2,511 |
| FY2007 | $17,487 | $43.6 million | 2,491 |
| FY2006 | $16,667 | $40.8 million | 2,447 |
| FY2005 | $16,318 | $39.1 million | 2,397 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $4.5 million | 5.0% |
| State | $17.5 million | 19.6% |
| Local | $67.2 million | 75.4% |
| Total | $89.2 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
5 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Cunniff | 320 |
| Hosmer | 758 |
| James Russell Lowell | 422 |
| Watertown High | 761 |
| Watertown Middle | 583 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2512180
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Massachusetts — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Massachusetts — A to Z, each with its page.
- Massachusetts on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved