Summary:
ZIP code 55345 contains nine schools serving students from pre-K through 12th grade — six elementary, one middle and two high schools — with a combined enrollment of 8,454 students. The area is split between two districts. Seven schools belong to the Minnetonka Public School District, which ranks 9th of 458 districts statewide (98th percentile, 5 stars) and enrolls 7,638 students here. Two schools belong to the Hopkins Public School District, which ranks 240th of 458 (48th percentile, 2 stars) and enrolls 816 students. In practice, that means families in this ZIP code can land in two very different academic environments depending on which district their address falls into.
Among the standouts, Scenic Heights Elementary is the strongest elementary, ranking in the top 10 statewide for three straight years with 87.1% math, 78.4% reading and 64.0% science proficiency — well above state rates of 44.9%, 48.6% and 25.5%. Minnetonka East Middle ranks 3rd of 546 middle schools at 99th percentile, with strong math and reading. Minnetonka Senior High is by far the largest school at 3,514 students (about 41.6% of all enrollment) and posts a 97.2% graduation rate versus 84.9% statewide. In the Hopkins district, Glen Lake Elementary outperforms its own district in reading and science.
The clearest concern is Gatewood Elementary, which ranks 760th of 869 elementary schools (13th percentile, 1 star) with 23.4% math, 25.0% reading and 10.5% science — below both its district and the state. Science is also a relative weak spot at East Middle (38.6%) and at Groveland Elementary and Clear Springs Elementary, though both remain above state averages. The two virtual schools, Tonka Online and Tonka Online K-5, are small with many state-suppressed values, so their results should be read cautiously rather than as zeros.
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