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Watertown Mayer High

1001 HIGHWAY 25 NW, WATERTOWN, MN 55388 · (952) 955-0600 · Carver County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Minnesota public high schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools

Enrollment
516
High
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 371
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
116 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 48%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 912725%
Grade 1014428%
Grade 1111422%
Grade 1213125%
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 60% · US 70%
White
47191%
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
163%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 12% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
234%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
27353%
Female
24347%

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Test scores

MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds Standards
English Language Arts
50.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
35.9%
MN avg 45.3%

What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.

Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Watertown Mayer High

Watertown Mayer High's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Watertown Mayer High this school51622.5%44.2%
ROSEAU SECONDARY
ROSEAU
52723.5%32.5%
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec
LAKE CRYSTAL
50623.9%42.0%
DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH
COKATO
60121.5%47.3%
ANNANDALE SENIOR HIGH
ANNANDALE
61121.9%61.5%
EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY
EDEN VALLEY
42522.8%46.2%
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Watertown Mayer High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MinnesotaIn Carver County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
44.2%#138 of 397N/A
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
35.9%#176 of 401N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
50.4%#147 of 397N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
516#164 of 764#4 of 16
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.1:1#240 of 332N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
16.4%#286 of 338N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
22.5%#371 of 444N/A
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+5.7%#122 of 181N/A
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
516
+44 (+9%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 18.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255162719.1:122% (116)
2023-2449928.117.7:126% (129)
2022-2348829.316.6:128% (139)
2020-214722618.1:115% (71)
2017-1848830.715.9:115% (73)
2015-164633015.4:116% (76)
2010-114763015.9:116% (77)
2000-014512816.1:111% (51)
1990-915173415.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Watertown Mayer High.

Since 2017-18: students up 6% (488 to 516); teachers down 12% (30.7 to 27).

About Watertown Mayer High

Watertown Mayer High is a mid-sized high school in WATERTOWN, Minnesota, (ZIP code 55388). It has an enrollment of 516 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Minnesota enroll around 371, and this school is 39% above that mark.

Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist runs 4 schools with a combined 1,440 students. Watertown Mayer High is one of them.

White students account for 91% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.

There are 27 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 19.1:1. The gap from the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota is 2.8 students per teacher. On the income side, 22% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

On the allk12 Grade, Watertown Mayer High lands at B, ahead of 57% of Minnesota public high schools.

Watertown Mayer High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.2%, compared with a predicted 53.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations.

For the population of Carver County, median household income comes to about $125,946, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Carver County's 57 public schools enroll about 18,076 students and include Watertown Mayer High.

Measured in a straight line, Watertown-Mayer Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Watertown Mayer High. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Watertown Mayer High comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.

NCES describes the area around Watertown Mayer High as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Watertown Mayer High had a net gain of 44 students, or 9%.

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Carver County at a glance

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Population
110,041
Census ACS
Median income
$125,946
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
18,076 students

Quick facts

School name
Watertown Mayer High
District
Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist
Address
1001 HIGHWAY 25 NW, WATERTOWN, MN 55388
Phone
(952) 955-0600
County
Carver County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
516
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
19.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
116 (22%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
274191001750
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Watertown Mayer High
How large is Watertown Mayer High?
Watertown Mayer High enrolls approximately 516 students in grades 09-12.
Is Watertown Mayer High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Watertown Mayer High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Watertown Mayer High?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Watertown Mayer High.
How diverse is Watertown Mayer High?
Watertown Mayer High reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Watertown Mayer High in?
Watertown Mayer High is part of Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist.
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