The Watertown, WI educational system consists of 7 public schools, 11 private schools and 1 post-secondary schools. Watertown public schools have average test scores of 45% which is 3% lower than than the Wisconsin average and 8% lower than than the national average. The student to teach ratio of Watertown public schools is 16:1, compared to 14:1 in Wisconsin and 16:1 across all of the United States. A total of 86.0% of students have completed 8th grade, 84.4% have completed high school, 21.0% have completed a bachelor’s degree and 1.3% have completed a doctorate degree.