Summary:
ZIP code 55391 contains three schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school, with no alternative schools reported — enrolling 1,554 students in total. They are split between two elite districts: the Wayzata Public School District and the Minnetonka Public School District, which rank #9 and #10 of 458 Minnesota districts, each at the 98th percentile with 5 stars.
Wayzata West Middle is the standout: with 836 students it holds about 54% of the ZIP's enrollment, ranks #20 of 546 Minnesota middle schools (96th percentile, 5 stars), and has stayed in the top 20 for three years even as its rank eased from #12. Deephaven Elementary, at 681 students, ranks #94 of 869 elementary schools (89th percentile, 4 stars), down from 5 stars and the 93rd percentile in 2023–2024. Wayzata Transition School is a very different profile: a grade-12-only school of 37 students with a 51.35% free/reduced lunch rate and a 7.4 student-teacher ratio. No test scores or rank history are provided for it, so its academic performance is unknown, not weak.
In 2025–2026, both larger schools beat state averages in math, reading, and science but trail their district averages in all three. Wayzata West Middle posts 64.0% math, 67.3% reading, and 26.0% science — science is barely above the state's 25.5% and far below the Wayzata district's 44.3%. Deephaven posts 70.9% math, 64.4% reading, and 43.6% science, with reading its weakest subject relative to the Minnetonka district's 73.0%. Deephaven's science is assessed in 5th grade and Wayzata West's in 8th, so cross-school subject comparisons are informative but not apples-to-apples. Notably, staffing ratios do not track outcomes here: Wayzata West has the highest ratio at 20.6 yet the strongest rank.
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