Watertown High School in Watertown, Massachusetts (MA)

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50 COLUMBIA STREET
Watertown, MA 2472

County name: Middlesex
School type: Regular School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade

Status: Operational
Phone: (617) 926-7760 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.370
Longitude: -071.178590

Enrollment in Watertown High School

2007 Student Enrollment: 738
9th grade Enrollment : 189
10th grade Enrollment : 136
11th grade Enrollment : 212
12th grade Enrollment : 201

Male students (%): 50.9%

Here:	50.9%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 49.1%

Watertown High School:	49.1%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 81.2%

Here:	81.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 4.2%

Here:	4.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 5.8%

This school:	5.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 8.4%

Here:	8.4%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.40%

Here:	0.40%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

Genders in Watertown High School

Grades in Watertown High School

Races in Watertown High School

First Language Not English # : 240
Limited English Proficient # : 37
Special Education # : 135
Low-Income # : 213
Free Lunch # : 157
Reduced Lunch # : 56

First Language Not English %: 32.5%

Here:	32.5%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Limited English Proficient %: 5.0%

Here:	5.0%
State average from 1385 schools:	7.6%

Special Education %: 18.3%

This school:	18.3%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 28.9%

Here:	28.9%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 21.3%

Here:	21.3%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 7.6%

Here:	7.6%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 702
9th grade Enrollment : 141
10th grade Enrollment : 199
11th grade Enrollment : 202
12th grade Enrollment : 160

Male students (%): 51.4%

Here:	51.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 48.6%

Here:	48.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 83.8%

Here:	83.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 5.6%

Here:	5.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Asian students (%): 6.1%

Here:	6.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.60%

Here:	0.60%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.31%

Genders in Watertown High School

Grades in Watertown High School

Races in Watertown High School

First Language Not English # : 225
Limited English Proficient # : 39
Special Education # : 147
Low-Income # : 174

First Language Not English %: 32.1%

Here:	32.1%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Limited English Proficient %: 5.6%

Here:	5.6%
State average from 1328 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 20.9%

This school:	20.9%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 24.8%

This school:	24.8%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 739
9th grade Enrollment : 207
10th grade Enrollment : 198
11th grade Enrollment : 165
12th grade Enrollment : 169

White students (%): 85.0%

Here:	85.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 3.9%

Here:	3.9%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 5.8%

Watertown High School:	5.8%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 4.9%

Here:	4.9%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.40%

Here:	0.40%
State average from 1746 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 47.4%

This school:	47.4%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 52.6%

Here:	52.6%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Watertown High School

Races in Watertown High School

First Language Not English # : 223
Limited English Proficient # : 35
Special Education # : 136
Low-Income # : 128

First Language Not English %: 30.2%

Here:	30.2%
State average from 1573 schools:	14.2%

Limited English Proficient %: 4.7%

Here:	4.7%
State average from 1217 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 18.4%

Here:	18.4%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 17.3%

Watertown High School:	17.3%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 739
9th grade Enrollment : 206
10th grade Enrollment : 158
11th grade Enrollment : 176
12th grade Enrollment : 199

White students (%): 86.2%

Here:	86.2%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 2.8%

Here:	2.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 5.3%

Watertown High School:	5.3%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 5.4%

This school:	5.4%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.30%

This school:	0.30%
State average from 1729 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.9%

Here:	49.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.1%

Here:	50.1%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

Grades in Watertown High School

Races in Watertown High School

First Language Not English # : 235
Limited English Proficient # : 39
Special Education # : 141
Low-Income # : 121

First Language Not English %: 31.8%

This school:	31.8%
State average from 1530 schools:	13.9%

Limited English Proficient %: 5.3%

This school:	5.3%
State average from 1098 schools:	7.7%

Special Education %: 19.1%

Here:	19.1%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 16.4%

Watertown High School:	16.4%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 749
9th grade Enrollment : 165
10th grade Enrollment : 171
11th grade Enrollment : 202
12th grade Enrollment : 211

White students (%): 88.8%

Here:	88.8%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 2.1%

Here:	2.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 3.6%

Here:	3.6%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 5.2%

Here:	5.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native American students (%): 0.30%

This school:	0.30%
State average from 1634 schools:	0.36%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 47.9%

Watertown High School:	47.9%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 52.1%

Watertown High School:	52.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

Grades in Watertown High School

Races in Watertown High School

First Language Not English # : 196
Limited English Proficient # : 43
Low-Income # : 98

First Language Not English %: 26.2%

This school:	26.2%
State average from 1462 schools:	14.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 5.7%

This school:	5.7%
State average from 950 schools:	8.4%

Low-Income %: 13.1%

Here:	13.1%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 759
10th grade Enrollment : 178
11th grade Enrollment : 191
12th grade Enrollment : 226
Special grade Enrollment : 164

White students (%): 87.4%

Watertown High School:	87.4%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 3.0%

Watertown High School:	3.0%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 3.8%

Here:	3.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 5.1%

Here:	5.1%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native American students (%): 0.70%

Watertown High School:	0.70%
State average from 1682 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 50.2%

Watertown High School:	50.2%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 49.8%

Here:	49.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Watertown High School

Races in Watertown High School

First Language Not English # : 192
Limited English Proficient # : 38

First Language Not English %: 25.3%

This school:	25.3%
State average from 1452 schools:	13.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 5.0%

Here:	5.0%
State average from 887 schools:	7.9%

2001 Student Enrollment: 787
10th grade Enrollment : 202
11th grade Enrollment : 238
12th grade Enrollment : 175
Special grade Enrollment : 172

White students (%): 90.6%

Watertown High School:	90.6%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 2.4%

Here:	2.4%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 3.4%

This school:	3.4%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 3.6%

This school:	3.6%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 51.3%

Here:	51.3%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 48.7%

Here:	48.7%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

Grades in Watertown High School

Races in Watertown High School

First Language Not English # : 171
Limited English Proficient # : 27
Low-Income # : 93

First Language Not English %: 21.7%

This school:	21.7%
State average from 1347 schools:	14.1%

Limited English Proficient %: 3.4%

This school:	3.4%
State average from 834 schools:	7.7%

Low-Income %: 11.8%

Here:	11.8%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 1
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 95

Average number of Absences: 13.5

Here:	13.5
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 92.0%

Here:	92.0%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 0.1%

Here:	0.1%
State average from 712 schools:	5.5%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 12.9%

Here:	12.9%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 14
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 2

Average number of Absences: 3.0

Here:	3.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 0.4%

This school:	0.4%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 91.7%

This school:	91.7%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 0.3%

Watertown High School:	0.3%
State average from 690 schools:	5.9%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 12.9
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 81

Average number of Absences: 19.0

Here:	19.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 2.6%

Here:	2.6%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 92.3%

Here:	92.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 11.0%

This school:	11.0%
State average from 663 schools:	6.2%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 14.4
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 63

Average number of Absences: 15.0

Here:	15.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 91.4%

Here:	91.4%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 8.5%

Here:	8.5%
State average from 629 schools:	6.6%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 13.4
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 92

Average number of Absences: 6.0

Here:	6.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 0.8%

Here:	0.8%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 91.9%

Here:	91.9%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 12.3%

This school:	12.3%
State average from 742 schools:	6.8%

Teacher Count in Watertown High School

Student/Teacher Ratio in Watertown High School

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 59
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 50

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%

Watertown High School:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.6

Here:	12.6
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 61
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 48

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 99.7%

This school:	99.7%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 11.6

Here:	11.6
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 61
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 46

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 98.4%

Here:	98.4%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.0

Watertown High School:	12.0
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 76
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 41

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 82.6%

Here:	82.6%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 9.7

Here:	9.7
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

SAT Results in Watertown High School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 172

Reading: 479.0

Watertown High School:	479.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 482.0

Here:	482.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 518.0

This school:	518.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 141

Reading: 492.0

Here:	492.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 496.0

Here:	496.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 521.0

Watertown High School:	521.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 487.0

Here:	487.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 509.0

Watertown High School:	509.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 142.0

Watertown High School:	142.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

MCAS Results in Watertown High School

2007 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 134
Warning / Failing - English : 3
Needs Improvement - English : 39
Proficiency - English : 75
Advanced - English : 17

Students Tested - Math : 133
Warning / Failing - Math : 9
Needs Improvement - Math : 31
Proficiency - Math : 37
Advanced - Math : 56

MCAS English Results - Watertown High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 88.1

Here:	88.1
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 29.0%

This school:	29.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 56.0%

Watertown High School:	56.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Advanced - English (%): 13.0%

Here:	13.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

MCAS Math Results - Watertown High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 86.3

Here:	86.3
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 7.0%

This school:	7.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 23.0%

Here:	23.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 28.0%

Here:	28.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Advanced - Math (%): 42.0%

Here:	42.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

2006 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 189
Warning / Failing - English : 10
Needs Improvement - English : 39
Proficiency - English : 94
Advanced - English : 46

Students Tested - Math : 189
Warning / Failing - Math : 12
Needs Improvement - Math : 36
Proficiency - Math : 53
Advanced - Math : 88

MCAS English Results - Watertown High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 88.4

Here:	88.4
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 5.0%

Here:	5.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 21.0%

Here:	21.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 50.0%

This school:	50.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Advanced - English (%): 24.0%

This school:	24.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

MCAS Math Results - Watertown High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 87.6

This school:	87.6
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 6.0%

Watertown High School:	6.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 19.0%

Watertown High School:	19.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 28.0%

Here:	28.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 47.0%

Here:	47.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

2004 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 149
Warning / Failing - English : 9
Needs Improvement - English : 39
Proficiency - English : 46
Advanced - English : 55

Students Tested - Math : 220
Warning / Failing - Math : 3
Needs Improvement - Math : 28
Proficiency - Math : 76
Advanced - Math : 113

MCAS English Results - Watertown High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 86.1

This school:	86.1
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 6.0%

Here:	6.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 26.0%

Here:	26.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 31.0%

Here:	31.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Advanced - English (%): 37.0%

Here:	37.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

MCAS Math Results - Watertown High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 94.8

Here:	94.8
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 13.0%

Here:	13.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 35.0%

Here:	35.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Advanced - Math (%): 51.0%

Here:	51.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

2003 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 164
Warning / Failing - English : 9
Needs Improvement - English : 46
Proficiency - English : 75
Advanced - English : 34

Students Tested - Math : 164
Warning / Failing - Math : 11
Needs Improvement - Math : 37
Proficiency - Math : 57
Advanced - Math : 59

MCAS English Results - Watertown High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 86.4

Here:	86.4
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 5.0%

Watertown High School:	5.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 28.0%

Here:	28.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 46.0%

Here:	46.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Advanced - English (%): 21.0%

Watertown High School:	21.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

MCAS Math Results - Watertown High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 87.7

Here:	87.7
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 7.0%

Watertown High School:	7.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 23.0%

Here:	23.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 35.0%

Here:	35.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 36.0%

Watertown High School:	36.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

2007 Participation - All students - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 144
Standard Assessment : 134
Absent : 1
1st Year Limited English Proficiency (LEP) : 3
After October : 6

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

Here:	99.0%
State average from 341 schools:	99.5%

2007 Participation - All students - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 142
Standard Assessment : 133
Absent : 1
1st Yr LEP : 3
After October : 6

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

This school:	99.0%
State average from 341 schools:	99.0%

2007 Participation - Low income subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 44
Standard Assessment : 42
1st Yr LEP : 2