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Schools in Shields

Shields’s public schools

Watertown School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Shields. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/7schools above Wisconsin’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 94% of students in Wisconsin’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
34%
2021–22
Math proficiency
35%
2021–22
Graduate on time
93%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.0K
▼ 3% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.5
WI 13.6
Schools in town
0
2,743 students on the public path
In brief

Shields’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Shields’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Webster Elementary places highest (better than 86%); Watertown High lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Shields, graded from C to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Watertown High. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Shields, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A
6–8Riverside Middlein WatertownC+
9–12Watertown Highin WatertownC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Watertown School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Watertown School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 10 schools · 3,076 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 13.5 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$16,044WI $16,459 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading34%
State average 38.1% · 1529 students tested
Math35%
State average 38.7% · 1533 students tested

Shields vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Wisconsin towns that share Shields’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Shields—Watertown
LowellC+Dodgeland PK–12 · Waterloo PK–12
PortlandC−Waterloo
MilfordB+Lake Mills Area
EmmetC+Watertown
WatertownC+Watertown

2 of the 5 neighbors share Watertown with Shields, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Shields

7 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Shieldsin other towns
Webster Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Watertown
A
381 students15:1Rate it →
LEAP Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Watertown
B+
60 students19:1Rate it →
Douglas Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Watertown
B+
311 students11:1Rate it →
Schurz Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Watertown
C
223 students10:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Watertown
B−
140 students13:1Rate it →
Riverside Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Watertown
C+
616 students13:1Rate it →
Watertown High
High · Grades 9–12 · Watertown
C−
1,012 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Shields’s schools

Are Shields’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Shields. Watertown School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Shields. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Shields in?

Watertown School District.

Where do Shields kids go to high school?

Watertown High.

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What Shields families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.