Schools in Zip Code 55447

ZIP code 55447 in Plymouth, Minnesota contains four public schools — three elementary schools and one middle school, serving grades PK through 8, with roughly 2,932 students enrolled — all part of the Wayzata Public School District, which ranks 10th of 458 districts statewide (98th percentile, 5 stars).

Gleason Lake Elementary is the standout: ranked #20 of 869 elementary schools (98th percentile, 5 stars), up from #52 two years earlier, and the only school in the ZIP to top the district in math (82.3% vs. 72.4%), reading (76.8% vs. 71.4%), and science (44.7% vs. 44.3%). Birchview Elementary is the biggest improver, climbing from #227 to #79 of 869 (91st percentile, 5 stars), with gains of 5.2 points in math, 3.7 in reading, and 17.1 in science. Wayzata Central Middle, the largest school at 1,342 students, is the model of consistency — ranked #15, #14, and #15 of roughly 520–546 middle schools, 97th percentile and 5 stars each year. Oakwood Elementary is the relative laggard at #91 of 869 (90th percentile, 4 stars), the only school scoring at or below district averages in all three subjects, though still well above the state.

Two patterns stand out. Science is the shared soft spot — the lowest-scoring subject everywhere (28.4% to 44.7%) — and Wayzata Central Middle's 28.4% sits 15.9 points below the district and just 2.9 points above the state, even as its math and reading stay roughly 22–23 points above the state. All three elementaries also dip in 5th-grade math, falling below the district's 5th-grade figure. Keep in mind science is tested in only one grade per school, so those comparisons carry less weight than math and reading. Because the district itself is in the 98th percentile statewide, even the weaker local results remain far above state averages.