Summary:
Wayzata, Minnesota has two listed schools — one elementary serving grades K–5 and one middle school serving grades 6–8 — enrolling a combined 1,517 students, with no high school represented in this data set, so the area's K–12 coverage here is split across two districts. Wayzata West Middle (836 students) belongs to Wayzata Public School District, while Deephaven Elementary (681 students) belongs to Minnetonka Public School District. Both districts are elite: Minnetonka ranks 9th of 458 districts and Wayzata 10th, each at the 98th percentile with 5 stars.
West Middle holds the stronger school-level rank: 20th of 546 Minnesota middle schools (96th percentile, 5 stars in 2025–2026), though it has drifted from 12th in 2023–2024. Deephaven is 94th of 869 elementary schools (89th percentile, 4 stars), down from 5 stars and the 93rd percentile in 2023–2024. Both beat state averages in every tested subject. West Middle scores 64% in math, 67.3% in reading and 26% in science, against state marks of 44.9%, 48.6% and 25.5%. Deephaven scores 70.9%, 64.4% and 43.6%. Neither is above its district average in most subjects. Science is the sharpest contrast: West Middle's 8th-grade science (26%) trails its district's 8th-grade 31.7%, while Deephaven's 5th-grade science (43.6%) sits much closer to its district's 48.9%.
Reading is Deephaven's soft spot — 64.4% overall, 8.6 points below its district, with 3rd grade at 53.2%, though 5th grade shines at 77.8%, the highest single proficiency figure here. West Middle's math lags its district by 8.4 points. Both schools declined year over year in most subjects, with West Middle's science down 7.89 points and math down 5.39. Free/reduced lunch rates are similar (16.39% and 15.27%), but class sizes differ substantially: 20.6 students per teacher at West Middle versus 14.7 at Deephaven.
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