Watertown, South Dakota

==Education==
Watertown has two institutions providing post-secondary education. [[Lake Area Technical College]] is a public technical school classified as a community college, offering degrees in areas such as Agriculture, Nursing, and Welding. There is also a satellite campus of [[Mount Marty College]],<ref name="Mount Marty">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtmc.edu/admissions/watertown/index.aspx |title=Watertown Campus |access-date=February 18, 2011}}</ref> a private Catholic school based in [[Yankton, South Dakota|Yankton]], South Dakota.

Lake Area Technical College received the 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, following three previous Finalist-With-Distinction honors in 2011, 2013, and 2015 (bi-annual competition/selection process). The Prize was awarded by the Aspen Institute in March 2017 in Washington, D.C. following an intense data collection process by Aspen officials that included a rigorous review of critical elements of student success including learning, completion, and employment after college.

Watertown has one public high school, [[Watertown High School (South Dakota)|Watertown High School]], and one private boarding school, [[Great Plains Lutheran High School]], of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Great Plains Lutheran High School|url=https://www.gplhs.org/}}</ref>

Watertown Middle School (7th and 8th grades) is the only public middle school in Watertown. Construction of the Middle School was completed in August 2015. The community's "Prairie Lakes Wellness Center", opened in 2017, is adjacent to the Middle School. When the Middle School opened in 2015, the prior middle school was completely renovated and became the Intermediate School (5th and 6th grades).

There are multiple elementary schools in Watertown. The five public elementary schools include: Lincoln Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, McKinnely Elementary, and Mellette Elementary. [http://icschoolwatertown.org Immaculate Conception School] is a private Catholic elementary school. [http://stmartinschurch.com St. Martin's Lutheran School] is a private Lutheran elementary school of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod|WELS]]. [http://www.watertownchristianschool.com Watertown Christian School] is a private non-denominational [[Christianity|Christian]] elementary school.

The Watertown Regional Library is the town's main library, located on 6th St. NE, and open every day of the week.

[[Harmony Hill High School]] was a [[Roman catholic|Catholic]] girls [[boarding school]] in Watertown from 1967 to 1974.