Summary
Wayzata High is a large comprehensive public high school in Plymouth, MN, serving grades 9–12 with 3,781 students as part of the Wayzata Public School District. It is one of Minnesota’s top-ranked high schools, placing #7 of 473 in 2025–2026 and remaining almost continuously in the top 1% of the state. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 97.2%, and its dropout rate was 0.4%. In 2025–2026, proficiency was 77.9% in math, 72.2% in reading, and 57.9% in science—well above state averages.
Compared with the state, Wayzata High exceeds math by about 33 points, reading by 24 points, and science by 32 points. It also outperforms its district in every subject, especially science. The district itself ranks 10th of 458 Minnesota districts, and Wayzata High appears to be a major driver of that success. Nearby schools are not true peers: The Alternative Program (TAP) is a 142-student alternative program at the same address, Wayzata Transition School has 37 students, and School #533 has 18 students. These specialized settings serve much higher-poverty populations, and their school-level test data are suppressed or unavailable. School #533’s district, Intermediate School District 287, shows much lower 2025–2026 proficiency: 11% math, 19.8% reading, and 18.2% science.
Several trends are worth watching. Reading fell from 82.46% in 2022–2023 to 72.2% in 2025–2026, science fell from 67.96% in 2023–2024 to 57.9%, and math slipped from 80.17% in 2024–2025 to 77.9%. Even so, the school remains far above state norms and firmly elite. Its student-teacher ratio was 21.7 in 2024–2025, and its free/reduced-lunch percentage was 16.4%. The school ranks strongly for many student groups, including special education students, while English Language Learner and low-income students have lower relative ranks—72nd and 85th percentile—though still above many schools statewide. For families, Wayzata High offers very strong overall outcomes in a large, relatively affluent comprehensive high school setting.
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