Douglas Elementary

Douglas Elementary, an average-sized elementary school in Watertown, Wisconsin, overseen by Watertown Unified School District, hosts 311 students, covering grades K through 5.

Watertown Unified School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,076 students; Douglas Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Douglas Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder comes out to 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dodge County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Douglas Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Dodge County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,929 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Douglas Elementary is one of 39 public schools in Dodge County (combined enrollment of about 10,450 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Douglas Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 30%: 444 students in 2018 compared to 311 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 81% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.