PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY

PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY is one of the substantial elementary campuss in PLYMOUTH, Minnesota, run under WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 678 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 97% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 16 schools in WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (12,951 students total), PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY reports that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Asian, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 6% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the resource side, PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 59.0%; PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY posts 72.8%, +13.8 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Hennepin County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY is one.

KIMBERLY LANE ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 71.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 687 students in 2018 compared to 678 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 33% to 26%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.