Summary:
ZIP code 55387 in Waconia, Minnesota is home to three public elementary schools — Southview Elementary, Bayview Elementary and Laketown Elementary — all serving grades PK–5, all part of the Waconia Public School District, and together enrolling 1,604 students. The three schools are close in size (530 to 544 students), so the meaningful differences between them are academic rather than structural. All three beat the Minnesota state average in every subject tested, and every grade-level test result at all three schools is above the state figure.
Within this group, Laketown Elementary is the clear standout. It ranks #52 of 869 Minnesota elementary schools — roughly the top 6% — and has held 5-star ratings and top-70 rankings for three straight years. Laketown leads in all three subjects, is the only school that beats its own district in science, and is the only one that beats the district by double digits in math. Southview and Bayview finish essentially tied (#137 and #136, both 4 stars), but they arrive there differently: Southview is stronger in math and the early grades, posting the highest math results in the data set at 4th grade (81.2) and 3rd grade (79.0). Bayview is stronger in science and the upper grades, and its reading scores climb steadily from 52.0 in 3rd grade to 71.4 in 5th.
Two patterns are worth watching. Southview's 5th grade math score of 50.0 sits 24.7 points below the district and 31.2 points below its own 4th grade — the largest grade-to-grade swing here — while its reading at that grade is right at the district norm. Science is the shared soft spot for Southview (27.8) and Bayview (33.3), both below the district's 40.2, while Laketown's 43.0 leads. Math proficiency slipped at all three schools year over year.
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