Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 212 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERTOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551575002003
Webster Elementary
634 S 12th St, Watertown, WI 53094 · (920) 262-1490 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
200 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
44%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
Webster 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
66.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
62.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.1% | 62.6% |
| 2023-24 | 65.1% | 68.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Webster Elementary
Webster Elementary's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster Elementary this school | 381 | 52.5% | 64.9% |
| Monroe Elementary Janesville | 376 | 52.4% | 71.0% |
| Kennedy Elementary Janesville | 404 | 52.2% | 71.4% |
| Rosenow Elementary Fond du Lac | 351 | 51.3% | 56.0% |
| Whitehall Memorial Elementary Whitehall | 439 | 50.6% | 49.5% |
| Parkside Elementary Monroe | 342 | 50.0% | 57.4% |
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 Webster Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #303 of 982 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #347 of 992 ▼ 76 | #6 of 13 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #208 of 992 ▲ 45 | #3 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #395 of 1,157 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #658 of 901 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #388 of 901 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #373 of 1,064 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #371 of 664 | #8 of 11 |
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
381
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 52% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 45% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 27.5 | 13.4:1 | 46% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 50% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 26.3 | 16.7:1 | 39% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 27 | 15.5:1 | 47% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 26 | 17.8:1 | 34% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 22% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 33 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Webster Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (439 to 381); teachers down 1% (26.3 to 26).
About Webster Elementary
Webster Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Watertown, Wisconsin. It enrolled 381 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
The district, Watertown Unified School District, has 3,076 students enrolled across 10 schools.
At 72%, White students outnumber all other groups at Webster Elementary combined. The remaining students are 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Jefferson County, the White share is about 89%. Webster Elementary has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.7:1, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have a similar average ratio of 14.7:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 52% of enrollment. Public schools in Jefferson County average 35%.
Webster Elementary scores 19.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 64.9% actual versus 45.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Jefferson County, median household income is about $83,750, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 31 public schools in Jefferson County, with a combined enrollment of about 9,194.
The school nearest to Webster Elementary is eCampus Academy Charter School, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Within five miles of Webster Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.0%; Webster Elementary's is 64.9%, ranking 2nd of 7.
Webster Elementary has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
The number of students climbed from 367 to 381 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 13.1:1 to 14.7:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
86,003
Census ACS
Median income
$83,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Watertown Unified School District
- Watertown HighHigh · 1,012 students
- Riverside MiddleMiddle · 616 students
- Douglas ElementaryElementary · 311 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
- Douglas ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Schurz ElementaryElementary · 223 students
- Watertown 4 KidsElementary · 155 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 140 students
Other Webster Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 15 states are named Webster Elementary. Webster Elementary is the 9th largest of the 24.
- Webster ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 271 students
- Webster ElementaryWebster, WI · 248 students
- WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEBSTER, FL · 690 students
- WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSYRACUSE, NY · 650 students
- Webster ElementaryMadera, CA · 634 students
Nearby schools
- eCampus Academy Charter School0.7 mi · 132
- Riverside Middle0.8 mi · 616
- Watertown 4 Kids0.8 mi · 155
- Schurz Elementary0.8 mi · 223
- Lincoln Elementary1.1 mi · 140
- Douglas Elementary1.4 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Webster ElementaryHow many students attend Webster Elementary?
Webster Elementary enrolls approximately 381 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Webster Elementary serve?
Webster Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Webster Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Webster Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Webster Elementary?
Student demographics at Webster Elementary are roughly 72% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Webster Elementary?
Webster Elementary is overseen by Watertown Unified School District in Jefferson County.
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