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Enrollment
1,342
Middle
DISTRICT 998 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274216002654
WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE
305 VICKSBURG LN N, PLYMOUTH, MN 55447 · (763) 745-6000 · Hennepin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,342 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Minnesota public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
196 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 48%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 332 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 508 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 502 | 37% |
Student demographics
64%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
69.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
68.1%
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 68 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE
WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE this school | 1,342 | 14.6% | 63.5% |
| LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL WOODBURY | 1,165 | 12.4% | 59.0% |
| WAYZATA WEST MIDDLE WAYZATA | 836 | 16.4% | 62.1% |
| WAYZATA EAST MIDDLE PLYMOUTH | 817 | 22.3% | 64.4% |
| CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKEVILLE | 950 | 13.6% | 53.8% |
| DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLE EAGAN | 1,184 | 16.0% | 55.6% |
Matched among Minnesota middle 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 WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #11 of 245 | #7 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #11 of 245 | #5 of 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #12 of 245 | #7 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,342 | #10 of 306 | #4 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #156 of 210 | #29 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #56 of 216 | #21 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.6% | #240 of 252 | #45 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #31 of 66 | #8 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,342
-21 (-2%) vs 2020
+70% since 2000-01, when it was 791
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 1,342 | 71.7 | 18.7:1 | 15% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 1,534 | 80.3 | 19.1:1 | 14% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 1,502 | 82.8 | 18.1:1 | 13% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 1,363 | 63 | 21.6:1 | 9% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 1,244 | 72 | 17.3:1 | 11% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 1,098 | 64 | 17.2:1 | 12% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 936 | 53 | 17.7:1 | 13% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 791 | 48 | 16.5:1 | 5% (37) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,244 to 1,342); teachers unchanged (72 to 71.7).
About WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE
WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Minnesota, located in PLYMOUTH. The school had 1,342 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Minnesota is about 495, so this school runs 171% bigger than that.
WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE, has 16 schools and 12,951 students.
A majority of students at WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE, 51%, are White. Other reported shares: 29% Asian, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Hennepin County's residents are about 66% White, 15 points above the school's share. WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 71.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Minnesota is 17.5:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE is 15%. It compares with 43% for public schools in Hennepin County.
WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 96% of Minnesota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE lands between the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.5%; the prediction is 57.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hennepin County, median household income is about $97,653, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County, which together enroll about 177,509 students.
Nearest public school: BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE ranks 2nd of 6 nearby schools, at 63.5% versus a 62.6% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,363 students in 2020-21 and 1,342 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.6:1 in 2020-21, and 18.7:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 836 students
- WAYZATA EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 817 students
- North Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 775 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 762 students
- Meadow Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
Other schools in PLYMOUTH
- WAYZATA HIGHHigh · 3,781 students
- ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,840 students
- WAYZATA EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 817 students
- North Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 775 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 762 students
- Meadow Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
Nearby schools
- BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 441
- School #5190.7 mi · 1
- GLEASON LAKE ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 604
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION1.3 mi · 183
- OAKWOOD ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 545
- WAYZATA WEST MIDDLE1.8 mi · 836
Frequently asked questions
About WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLEHow large is WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE?
WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,342 students in grades 06-08.
Is WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE is approximately 18.7:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE?
Student demographics at WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE are roughly 51% White, 5% Hispanic, 9% Black, 29% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE?
WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE is overseen by WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.