KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY

As a roomy primary school in PLYMOUTH, Minnesota, KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY hosts 534 students from grades K through 5, operated by WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 55% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 12,951 students; KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY is among them.

Demographically, KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 28% Asian, 10% multiracial, 10% Black, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 70.8%, a residual of +13.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Nearest neighbor: GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 72.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 30%: 759 students in 2018 compared to 534 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 40% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.