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Watertown Public Schools At-a-Glance

WPS creates an equitable, challenging, and innovative learning environment where everyone belongs and every student is empowered to shape the world around them.

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WPS Educators

557 Educators support our students in 6 schools

Enrollment

2,843 Students in 2025-2026

Diversity is Our Strength

64+ Languages Spoken 45% Students of Color

Academic Achievement

2025 MCAS: Meets + Exceeds 49% ELA, 50% Math, 49% Science

Class of 2025

89.7% Graduation Rate 80.0% College Bound

Advanced Coursework

56.5% of WHS Students enroll in Advanced Coursework

Extra Curricular Activities

687 Athletes on 44 teams 1,000+ in Performing Arts

State-of-the-Art Schools

3 new K-5 schools New WHS: opening Sept '26!

Budget and Finance

FY27 Budget is $64.6 Million, +4.0% over FY26

Career & Tech Ed

27.8% of WHS students in a Pathway or Ch-74 Program

Donut chart showing Watertown Public Schools FY26 staffing by category.

Watertown Public Schools employs 557 Full-Time Equivalent Educators to support our students. 

  • Administrators include school based leaders like principals and assistant principals as well as distric leaders such as coordinators, directors, and members of the superindents cabinet.
  • Instructional staff includes teachers and instructional coaches.
  • Medical/Health Services is our nursing staff
  • Office/Clerical/Administrative Support includes building and distric tlevel support, as well as Information Services and Technical Support
  • Paraprofessionals are the Instructional assistants that support classroom in both general education and special education
  • Related Service Providers and Other Instructional Support includes Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologits, Physical Therapy, School Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists

Line graph showing Watertown Public Schools' Full-Time Equivalent Educators from 2017 to 2026.

2021-2026, WPS saw a 12.5% increase in student enrollment. In that same time period, staffing FTEs have increased by 24.2%. 

Table showing average percentage of staff of color from 2013-2022 as 4.40% and projected for 2023-2026 as 12.40%.

Watertown Public Schools is committed to hiring high quality staff that is representative of our diverse student body. In the last 4 years, various initiatives have helped support an increase in staff of color across the district:

  • Human Resources attendance at career fairs
  • Partnerships with local colleges and universities
  • In-House teacehr certification support and pathways
  • Future-Teachers club for students
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)