HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL

HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL, a mid-sized middle-grades school in WATERTOWN, New York, overseen by WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 614 students, covering grades 5 through 6.

Across the 8 schools in WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,940 students total), HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school shows 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.8%.

Around the school, census data for Jefferson County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,301 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL is one of 39 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students).

WATERTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL has grew 3%, going from 598 students in 2018 to 614 in 2025.

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