Summary:
ZIP code 55447 in Plymouth, Minnesota has three elementary schools — Gleason Lake Elementary, Oakwood Elementary, and Birchview Elementary — serving about 1,590 students in grades K–5 (Oakwood also serves PK), all within the highly ranked Wayzata Public School District, which places 10th of 458 Minnesota districts.
Gleason Lake Elementary is the academic standout, with the largest enrollment (604), the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (18.87%), and the highest proficiency in math (82.3%), reading (76.8%), and science (44.7%). Its statewide rank climbed from 52nd to 20th of 869 schools, and it is the only school here beating the district average in all three subjects. Birchview Elementary is the fastest riser, jumping from 227th to 79th statewide and earning 5 stars, helped by a science gain of +17.13 points. Oakwood Elementary is solid in math (70.5%) and reading (71.3%), close to district averages, but its science (31.4%) and 5th-grade math (54.3%) lag well behind.
Fifth grade is a pinch point across the group: all three schools fall below the district's 5th-grade reading average, and Oakwood Elementary's 5th-grade math is 15.4 points below the district. Science separates the schools most clearly — Gleason Lake Elementary (44.7%) and Birchview Elementary (43.8%) sit near the district's 44.3%, while Oakwood Elementary trails by nearly 13 points. Notably, Birchview Elementary has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (31.97%) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (13.0) yet made the biggest gains. All three schools comfortably exceed Minnesota averages in every subject.
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