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Which teacher or staff member at ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273178001339
ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY
4350 ZACHARY LN, PLYMOUTH, MN 55442 · (763) 504-7300 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
14.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
169 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 48%
Community
4
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 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
62.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
56.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY
ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY this school | 428 | 39.5% | 56.3% |
| Dowling Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 399 | 39.3% | 54.5% |
| FAIR School Pilgrim Lane PLYMOUTH | 403 | 40.9% | 52.4% |
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MANKATO | 376 | 40.2% | 53.5% |
| JJ Hill Montessori SAINT PAUL | 360 | 35.0% | 33.7% |
| SUSAN LINDGREN ELEMENTARY SAINT LOUIS PARK | 457 | 38.9% | 51.0% |
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 ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #213 of 844 | #54 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #332 of 844 | #62 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #157 of 844 | #49 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #432 of 1,130 | #99 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #524 of 769 | #101 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #285 of 796 | #91 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #517 of 942 | #103 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #137 of 499 | #29 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
428
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 428 | 28.7 | 14.9:1 | 39% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 36% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 24.7 | 15.6:1 | 29% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 22% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 30.6 | 17.8:1 | 20% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 29 | 20.2:1 | 25% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 33 | 18.1:1 | 18% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 24 | 20.4:1 | 3% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 583 | 28 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (545 to 428); teachers down 6% (30.6 to 28.7).
About ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY
ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY operates as a mid-sized elementary school in PLYMOUTH, Minnesota. Its enrollment is 428 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average enrollment is about 344.
ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY is in ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 10,821 students across 25 schools.
The largest group at ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY is White students, at 59%. Other groups include 20% Black, 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
Based on 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY has a ratio of 14.9:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 39%.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY outscored 81%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 43.8% for a school in Minnesota with ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch share. ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY posts 56.3%.
In the wider Hennepin County area, median household income comes to about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hennepin County counts 496 public schools with about 177,509 students.
FAIR School Pilgrim Lane is the nearest public school to ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 56.3% is above the 29.7% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% decline, from 446 to 428. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.1:1 to 14.9:1 over the same years.
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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 ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,840 students
- ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,396 students
- PLYMOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 749 students
- Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion El.Elementary · 733 students
- ROBBINSDALE MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- MEADOW LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 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
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 762 students
Nearby schools
- FAIR School Pilgrim Lane0.8 mi · 403
- ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG SENIOR HIGH1.0 mi · 1,840
- PLYMOUTH MIDDLE1.1 mi · 749
- Escuela Exitos1.5 mi · 231
- New Hope Learning Center1.6 mi · 16
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION1.6 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY?
ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY serve?
ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY?
At ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 59% White, 8% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY in?
ZACHARY LANE ELEMENTARY is part of ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.