Meadow Ridge Elementary School

Meadow Ridge Elementary School operates as a sprawling K-5 school in PLYMOUTH, Minnesota, one of the schools within WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 762 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Meadow Ridge Elementary School sits 122% above that benchmark.

WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 12,951 students. Meadow Ridge Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Meadow Ridge Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 29% Asian, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Meadow Ridge Elementary School 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 58.4%; this one delivers 71.9%, a residual of +13.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Meadow Ridge Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is North Woods Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadow Ridge Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 69.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Meadow Ridge Elementary School's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 852 (now 762). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 62% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.