Watertown-Mayer Elementary School

Watertown-Mayer Elementary School is a primary school of average-sized scale in WATERTOWN, Minnesota, operated by Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist, serveing 482 students in grades K through 4. That puts it 40% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 4 schools in Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist (1,440 students total), Watertown-Mayer Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Watertown-Mayer Elementary School records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Carver County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Carver County runs at roughly 18%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Watertown-Mayer Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.8%; actual is 65.7%, +16.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Carver County indicate the typical household earns roughly $125,946 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Watertown-Mayer Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in Carver County (combined enrollment of about 18,076 students).

The closest other public school is Watertown-Mayer Cmty Learning Cntr, roughly 1.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Watertown-Mayer Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 59.0%.

Watertown-Mayer Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Watertown-Mayer Elementary School's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 577 (now 482). Class-load math has fell: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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