Wayzata Public School District

Summary:

The Wayzata Public School District is an exceptional educational system, comprising 17 schools that serve students from elementary through high school. The district is ranked 16th out of 446 districts in Minnesota and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating its overall exceptional performance.

Several schools within the Wayzata district stand out as top performers, including Wayzata High School, which is ranked 4th-6th out of 450-480 Minnesota high schools and has a 5-star rating. Other standout schools include North Woods Elementary, Kimberly Lane Elementary, and Plymouth Creek Elementary, all of which have 5-star ratings and exceptional performance in math, reading, and science proficiency.

While the district excels overall, a few schools, such as Birchview Elementary and Oakwood Elementary, have lower rankings and test scores compared to their peers. These may be areas for the district to focus on for improvement. Additionally, the district's two alternative schools, The Alternative Program (TAP) and Central Middle Alternative (CMAP), have lower rankings and test scores, highlighting the challenges faced by students in alternative programs.

District Detail

13305 12th Ave N
Plymouth, MN 55441-8888

(763) 745-5000

SchoolDigger Rank:
16^th of 446 Minnesota districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 12,951

Primary Schools: 9
Middle Schools: 5
High Schools: 6
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)								MCA-III Reading (2025)								Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Birchview Elementary	Public	K-5	425 Ranchview Ln N	Plymouth	55447	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 745-5300	441	34	13.0	32.0%	245 (55.6%)	70 (15.9%)	39 (8.8%)	49 (11.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.9%)	78.4	162^nd of 872 public elementary schools	81.4%		72.6	227^th of 881 public elementary schools	74.2%	65	70.5	73.7	47.4					63.9	61.5	67.1	61.8					63.5	$14,441
Greenwood Elementary	Public	K-5	18005 Medina Rd	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-5500	762	47	16.3	10.2%	483 (63.4%)	49 (6.4%)	26 (3.4%)	154 (20.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.2%)	88.8	54^th of 872 public elementary schools	93.8%		85.6	82^nd of 881 public elementary schools	90.7%	28	76.9	77.7	68.5					74.3	64.3	65.2	77.6					69.0	$11,929
Oakwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	17340 County Road 6	Plymouth	55447	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 745-5700	545	33	16.2	20.7%	357 (65.5%)	68 (12.5%)	17 (3.1%)	70 (12.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.5%)	82	127^th of 872 public elementary schools	85.4%		80.7	136^th of 881 public elementary schools	84.6%	9	79.1	72.2	52.6					68.5	72.1	60.3	62.3					65.2	$14,276
Wayzata East Middle	Public	6-8	12000 Ridgemount Ave W	Plymouth	55441	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 745-6201	817	43	19.0	22.3%	447 (54.7%)	87 (10.6%)	61 (7.5%)	175 (21.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.4%)	94.3	15^th of 519 public middle schools	97.1%		97	10^th of 545 public middle schools	98.2%	5				60.2	64.5	69.2		64.0				74.9	72.5	69.2		72.6	$13,693
Sunset Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	13005 Sunset Tr	Plymouth	55441	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 745-5900	712	45	15.7	28.1%	462 (64.9%)	101 (14.2%)	37 (5.2%)	58 (8.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.2%)	83.4	107^th of 872 public elementary schools	87.7%		78.1	159^th of 881 public elementary schools	82.0%	52	76.9	67.7	61.4					68.6	61.2	59.8	72.1					64.9	$13,687
Wayzata West Middle	Public	6-8	149 Barry Ave N	Wayzata	55391	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-6400	836	41	20.6	16.4%	516 (61.7%)	67 (8.0%)	52 (6.2%)	151 (18.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.9%)	93.8	17^th of 519 public middle schools	96.7%		96.2	12^th of 545 public middle schools	97.8%	5				65.4	65.4	72.3		67.4				72.0	62.4	69.8		68.2	$13,063
Wayzata High	Public	9-12	4955 Peony Ln N	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-6610	3,781	174	21.7	16.4%	2,137 (56.5%)	342 (9.0%)	186 (4.9%)	908 (24.0%)	8 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	199 (5.3%)	98	6^th of 450 public high schools	98.7%		97.8	4^th of 480 public high schools	99.2%	2							80.2	80.2							78.7	78.7	$13,279
Plymouth Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	16005 41st Ave N	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-5800	678	45	14.9	11.4%	354 (52.2%)	49 (7.2%)	38 (5.6%)	176 (26.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (8.8%)	94.6	13^th of 872 public elementary schools	98.5%		89.5	47^th of 881 public elementary schools	94.7%	34	84.2	90.4	72.3					82.4	73.7	78.4	79.0					77.1	$12,479
Gleason Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	310 County Road 101 N	Plymouth	55447	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 745-5400	604	39	15.5	18.9%	397 (65.7%)	44 (7.3%)	38 (6.3%)	75 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (8.3%)	92.9	29^th of 872 public elementary schools	96.7%		89.3	52^nd of 881 public elementary schools	94.1%	23	82.4	88.3	68.2					79.3	74.1	78.7	74.8					75.7	$15,507
Kimberly Lane Elementary	Public	K-5	17405 Old Rockford Rd	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-5600	534	35	15.0	14.0%	249 (46.6%)	51 (9.6%)	29 (5.4%)	149 (27.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (10.3%)	93.9	24^th of 872 public elementary schools	97.2%		95.5	8^th of 881 public elementary schools	99.1%	16	85.7	84.6	71.4					80.1	68.1	70.3	88.6					76.3	$11,920
Wayzata Central Middle	Public	6-8	305 Vicksburg Ln N	Plymouth	55447	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-6000	1,342	72	18.7	14.6%	683 (50.9%)	117 (8.7%)	71 (5.3%)	392 (29.2%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (5.7%)	95.1	14^th of 519 public middle schools	97.3%		95.6	15^th of 545 public middle schools	97.2%	1				65.1	65.3	73.0		68.1				74.6	67.2	67.7		69.2	$12,348
Is The Alternative Program (Tap)	Public	9-12	4955 Peony Ln	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-6638	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																	$8,743
The Alternative Program (Tap)	Public	9-12	4955 Peony Ln	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-6638	142	2	59.4	60.6%	53 (37.3%)	55 (38.7%)	23 (16.2%)	5 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.2%)								(n/a)																	$15,134
Central Middle Alternative (Cmap)	Public	6-8	305 Vicksburg Ln N	Plymouth	55447	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-5000	0	1	10.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																	$29,949
East Middle Alternative (Emap)	Public	6-8	12000 Ridgemount Ave W	Plymouth	55441	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-5000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																	$10,056
Early Childhood Special Education	Public	PK	17340 County Road 6	Plymouth	55447	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-5042	183	0		29.5%	119 (65.0%)	29 (15.8%)	6 (3.3%)	21 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.4%)								(n/a)																	$4,154
Meadow Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	17905 Chankahda Trail	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-7100	762	48	15.7	12.5%	408 (53.5%)	58 (7.6%)	27 (3.5%)	224 (29.4%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.0%)	94.2	18^th of 872 public elementary schools	97.9%		92.5	22^nd of 881 public elementary schools	97.5%	4	81.0	87.1	74.7					80.6	70.3	78.2	82.9					77.5	$12,433
North Woods Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	18995 54th Ave N	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-4000	775	46	16.8	5.8%	470 (60.6%)	28 (3.6%)	27 (3.5%)	203 (26.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.7%)	95.2	11^th of 872 public elementary schools	98.7%		93.7	14^th of 881 public elementary schools	98.4%	3	86.9	89.3	71.3					82.4	72.1	80.7	83.8					79.2
Wayzata Transition School	Public	12	19000 Highway 55	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-5000	37	5	7.4	51.4%	22 (59.5%)	5 (13.5%)	5 (13.5%)	2 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (8.1%)								(n/a)
Alternative Programs Summer Session	Public	10-12	4955 Peony Lane N	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-6638	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Wayzata Online	Public	9-12	4955 Peony Ln N	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(763) 745-6611	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Intermediate School District 287	0.54 mi	52
Minnetonka Public School District	3.03 mi	14	12^th
Hopkins Public School District	3.39 mi	16	223^rd
Robbinsdale Public School District	3.62 mi	28	317^th
St. Louis Park Public School District	4.3 mi	14	122^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.