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Enrollment
762
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274216001760
GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY
18005 MEDINA RD, PLYMOUTH, MN 55446 · (763) 745-5500 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL762 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
78 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 48%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 173 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (143).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
74.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY
GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY this school | 762 | 10.2% | 65.3% |
| Highview Elementary School LAKEVILLE | 658 | 11.6% | 56.5% |
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY MINNETONKA | 930 | 9.8% | 77.9% |
| Valley Crossing Elementary WOODBURY | 734 | 12.5% | 73.0% |
| COLOGNE ACADEMY COLOGNE | 679 | 13.1% | 77.1% |
| RED ROCK ELEMENTARY WOODBURY | 596 | 13.6% | 59.8% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #72 of 844 | #33 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #69 of 844 | #28 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #62 of 844 | #30 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 762 | #46 of 1,130 | #15 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #649 of 769 | #135 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #322 of 796 | #100 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.2% | #925 of 942 | #171 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #432 of 499 | #81 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
762
+41 (+6%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 762 | 46.7 | 16.3:1 | 10% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 10% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 825 | 49.3 | 16.7:1 | 9% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 2% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 793 | 47.6 | 16.6:1 | 5% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 852 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 4% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 689 | 36 | 19.1:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 33 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (793 to 762); teachers down 2% (47.6 to 46.7).
About GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY
GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school in PLYMOUTH, Minnesota. Its 762 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students.
Across its 16 schools, WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 12,951 students. GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
At 63%, White students outnumber all other groups at GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY combined. Other students are 20% Asian, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 66% White, within a few points of the school. GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 46.7 full-time equivalents, or about 16.3 students per teacher. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 10%. On average, public schools in Hennepin County report 43%.
GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 59.6% for a school in Minnesota with GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch share. GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY posts 65.3%.
Across Hennepin County, median household income is about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Hennepin County number 496 and enroll about 177,509.
Of nearby public schools, KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY had 721 students in 2020-21 and 762 in 2024-25, a 6% increase.
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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WAYZATA HIGHHigh · 3,781 students
- WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,342 students
- WAYZATA WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 836 students
- WAYZATA EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 817 students
- North Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 775 students
- Meadow Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
Other schools in PLYMOUTH
- WAYZATA HIGHHigh · 3,781 students
- ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,840 students
- WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,342 students
- WAYZATA EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 817 students
- North Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 775 students
- Meadow Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 27.
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
- Greenwood ElementarySanford, NC · 571 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolKennett Square, PA · 556 students
Nearby schools
- KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 534
- PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 678
- Wayzata Transition School1.5 mi · 37
- THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM (TAP)1.5 mi · 142
- WAYZATA HIGH1.5 mi · 3,781
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION1.8 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYHow large is GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY?
GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 762 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY serve?
GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY is approximately 16.3:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY?
At GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 63% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Black, 20% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY public or private?
GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.