Watertown Middle School - 02
Watertown, SD · Middle School · Grades 7-8
Watertown Middle School - 02 is a middle school in Watertown, SD with 600 students enrolled and a 67% proficiency rate. Part of Watertown School District 14-4. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Watertown Middle School - 02 is a middle school located in Watertown, South Dakota. The school serves 600 students in grades 7-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 67% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
26% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Watertown Middle School - 02 is part of the Watertown School District 14-4 in South Dakota.
How This School Compares
Watertown Middle School - 02 has 600 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Watertown School District 14-4 (380 students). Its 67% proficiency rate is 4 percentage points above the district average of 63%. Compared to the South Dakota state average of 56%, the school performs 10 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Watertown Middle School - 02 has 600 students enrolled in grades 7-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1.
According to EDFacts data, 67% of students at Watertown Middle School - 02 meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Watertown Middle School - 02 is part of the Watertown School District 14-4 in Watertown, South Dakota. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.