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Watertown-Mayer Public School District

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At a glance

44^thof 458 Minnesota districts

Better than 90% of Minnesota districts

Elementary 1 Middle 1 High 2Grades PK, KG-12

1001 Highway 25 NW
Watertown, MN 55388-9422·(952) 955-0480·All Minnesota district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 90.4% of districts

Schools

1,440

Students

Top rankedWatertown-Mayer Middle69^th of 546 Minnesota middle schools

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Biggest riser

Watertown Mayer High up 66 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Watertown-Mayer Middle 15.5 students per teacher

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Summary:

Watertown-Mayer Public School District is a small Minnesota district serving about 1,416 students across three schools: Watertown-Mayer Elementary School (K–4, 482 students), Watertown-Mayer Middle (5–8, 418 students), and Watertown Mayer High (9–12, 516 students). Watertown-Mayer Public School District ranks 44th of 458 Minnesota districts — the 90th percentile, with 5 stars — and in 2025–26 its proficiency beats the state in all three tested subjects: math 57.1% vs. 44.9%, reading 61.4% vs. 48.6%, and science 30.0% vs. 25.5%.

Comparing the three schools, Watertown-Mayer Middle is the academic anchor, with the highest current rank percentile in the district (69th of 546, 87th percentile, 4 stars) after reaching 32nd of 519, 94th percentile, 5 stars in 2024–25. Its reading proficiency of 64.3% is the highest school-level reading result in the district, and its math (58.0%) is solidly above the state. Watertown-Mayer Elementary School is the math standout: 66.5% in math is 21.6 points above the state and the best school-level math result in the district, with reading at 60.1%, slightly below the district but well above the state. Watertown Mayer High has the most volatile rank history (86th, then 61st, then 77th percentile), but strong outcomes: a 90.4% graduation rate vs. the state's 84.9%, a 2.3% dropout rate vs. 4.2%, and science EOC at 38.8%.

A few areas are worth monitoring. Science is uneven in the middle grades — 5th-grade science is 42.6% vs. the state's 25.9%, but 8th-grade science is 11.5% vs. 16.7%, leaving middle-school science at 25.6%, just 0.1 points above the state. Math also declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26 at the elementary (70.3% to 66.5%) and middle (65.17% to 58.0%) levels, while reading stayed relatively flat. Finally, poverty level does not track perfectly with performance: the elementary has the highest free/reduced-lunch rate at 30.29% yet the strongest math, while the high school has the lowest at 22.48% but the highest student-teacher ratio at 19.1, compared with 15.5 at both the elementary and middle schools.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)								MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)								Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Watertown-Mayer Middle	Public	5-8	1001 Highway 25 NW	Watertown	55388	Carver County	Watertown-Mayer Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 955-0400	418	27	15.5	25.6%	387 (92.6%)	5 (1.2%)	13 (3.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	80.5	69^th of 546 public middle schools	87.4%		89.6	32^nd of 519 public middle schools	93.8%	37			68.4	69.5	57.5	63.2		64.3	42.6	11.5		25.6			69.5	55.2	52.9	56.3		58.0			$8,458
Watertown Mayer High	Public	9-12	1001 Highway 25 NW	Watertown	55388	Carver County	Watertown-Mayer Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 955-0600	516	27	19.1	22.5%	471 (91.3%)	5 (1.0%)	16 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.5%)	74.2	109^th of 473 public high schools	77.0%		63.4	175^th of 450 public high schools	61.1%	66							53.3	53.3			38.8	38.8							36.4	36.4			$12,427
Watertown-Mayer Cmty Learning Center	Public	PK	313 Angel Ave NW	Watertown	55388	Carver County	Watertown-Mayer Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 955-0280	24	5	4.4	37.5%	24 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$39,007
Watertown-Mayer Elementary School	Public	K-4	500 Paul Ave	Watertown	55388	Carver County	Watertown-Mayer Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 955-0300	482	31	15.5	30.3%	429 (89.0%)	5 (1.0%)	25 (5.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.1%)	77.3	176^th of 869 public elementary schools	79.7%		82.5	117^th of 872 public elementary schools	86.6%	59	58.8	61.3						60.1					70.1	63.2						66.5	90.6%	8.2%	$10,255
WM - Connections	Public	9-12	1001 Highway 25 NW	Watertown	55388	Carver County	Watertown-Mayer Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 955-0600	0	1	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																							$16,192
Watertown-Mayer Online Academy	Public		1001 Hwy 25 NW	Watertown	55388	Carver County	Watertown-Mayer Public School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(952) 955-0600	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Delano Public School District	6.45 mi	3
Southwest Metro Intermediate 288	7.04 mi	25
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools	7.13 mi	12	133^rd
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted	8.69 mi	7	269^th
Waconia Public School District	8.9 mi	10	27^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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