Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 212 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERTOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551575001997
Douglas Elementary
1101 Prospect St, Watertown, WI 53098 · (920) 262-1495 · Dodge County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
177 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 54% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Douglas Elementary→Riverside Middle
Based on grade levels within Watertown Unified School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
39.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% | 50.0% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Douglas Elementary
Douglas Elementary's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Elementary this school | 311 | 56.9% | 51.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary New London | 283 | 56.9% | 56.4% |
| Riverview Elementary Wautoma | 302 | 59.9% | 51.5% |
| Lowell Elementary Waukesha | 347 | 55.6% | 47.0% |
| Jefferson Elementary Janesville | 293 | 62.5% | 50.5% |
| Dodgeland Elementary Juneau | 315 | 56.5% | 55.0% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary 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 Douglas Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dodge County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #596 of 982 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #745 of 992 ▼ 113 | #14 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #557 of 992 ▲ 46 | #11 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #588 of 1,157 | #7 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #119 of 901 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #278 of 901 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #308 of 1,064 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.0% | #85 of 664 | #3 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25Enrollment
311
+17 (+6%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 311 | 28.8 | 10.8:1 | 57% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 30.8 | 10.5:1 | 56% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 27.8 | 11.2:1 | 50% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 29 | 10.1:1 | 56% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 30.8 | 14.4:1 | 41% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 50% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 31 | 16.5:1 | 35% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 342 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 21% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 22 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglas Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (444 to 311); teachers down 6% (30.8 to 28.8).
About Douglas Elementary
In Watertown, Wisconsin, part of Dodge County, Douglas Elementary is an elementary school. Federal data show 311 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Watertown Unified School District enrolls 3,076 students, and its 10 schools include Douglas Elementary.
The student body at Douglas Elementary is 65% White. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Black. Dodge County's residents are about 88% White, 23 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Douglas Elementary are from different groups.
There are about 10.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Douglas Elementary, which has 28.8. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 57%. That rate is above the 41% average among public schools in Dodge County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.7% for Douglas Elementary. The school posts 51.6%, 8.8 points above the prediction.
For Dodge County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $75,929 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Douglas Elementary, Dodge County has 39 public schools.
Lincoln Elementary is the nearest public school to Douglas Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 51.6% is below the 54.2% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school grew from 294 students in 2020-21 to 311 in 2024-25.
Douglas Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Dodge County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
88,742
Census ACS
Median income
$75,929
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
10,450 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Watertown Unified School District
- Watertown HighHigh · 1,012 students
- Riverside MiddleMiddle · 616 students
- Webster ElementaryElementary · 381 students
- Schurz ElementaryElementary · 223 students
- Watertown 4 KidsElementary · 155 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 140 students
Other schools in Watertown
- Watertown HighHigh · 1,012 students
- Riverside MiddleMiddle · 616 students
- Webster ElementaryElementary · 381 students
- Schurz ElementaryElementary · 223 students
- Watertown 4 KidsElementary · 155 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 140 students
Other Douglas Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Douglas Elementary. Douglas Elementary is the 7th largest of the 11.
- Douglas Elementary SchoolTYLER, TX · 591 students
- Douglas ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 562 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolDouglas, AL · 521 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 503 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolDOUGLAS, MI · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary0.9 mi · 140
- eCampus Academy Charter School1.0 mi · 132
- Riverside Middle1.0 mi · 616
- Endeavor Charter School1.3 mi · 46
- Watertown High1.3 mi · 1,012
- Webster Elementary1.4 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Douglas ElementaryHow large is Douglas Elementary?
Douglas Elementary enrolls approximately 311 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Douglas Elementary serve?
Douglas Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Douglas Elementary?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Douglas Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Douglas Elementary?
At Douglas Elementary, the student body is approximately 65% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Douglas Elementary?
Douglas Elementary is overseen by Watertown Unified School District in Dodge County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.