NCES CCD 2024-25 27 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Plymouth, MN

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27 public K-12 schools in Plymouth from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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27
Schools
16,144
Students
45.1/100
Avg Resource Index
17.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Plymouth has more public-school enrollment than 90% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Plymouth's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Plymouth's list includes 10 elementary, 5 middle, and 5 high-school campuses, plus 7 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Plymouth's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 71st percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 33rd percentile. The 38-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 10%
School count
Top 10%
Resource Index average
71st percentile
Teacher staffing
33rd percentile

Wayzata High accounts for 23.4% of all Plymouth public-school enrollment

That concentration means Plymouth-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Plymouth school enrollment varies 3781× across entities

Plymouth school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 3,781 students (highest), a spread of 3,780 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Plymouth student-teacher ratio is 17.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Plymouth is typically wider than the Plymouth-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. School #519 96
2. School #540 80
3. Birchview Elementary 61
4. Greenwood Elementary 59
5. North Woods Elementary School 57
6. Kimberly Lane Elementary 57
7. Meadow Ridge Elementary School 56
8. Gleason Lake Elementary 56
9. Oakwood Elementary 56
10. Plymouth Creek Elementary 55
11. Zachary Lane Elementary 54
12. Sunset Hill Elementary 53
13. Tier One 52
14. School #535 50
15. Tier Three 45
16. Fair School Pilgrim Lane 43
17. Tier Two 42
18. Wayzata Central Middle 41
19. Wayzata High 39
20. Plymouth Middle 35
21. Wayzata Transition School 35
22. Wayzata East Middle 33
23. Robbinsdale Armstrong Senior High 32
24. Early Childhood Special Education 30
25. The Alternative Program (Tap) -
26. East Middle Alternative (Emap) -
27. Central Middle Alternative (Cmap) -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Plymouth

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Plymouth Middle 71.4/100
  2. 2 Robbinsdale Armstrong Senior High 70.5/100
  3. 3 Tier One 69.4/100
  4. 4 Tier Two 69.2/100
  5. 5 Kimberly Lane Elementary 68.2/100

What do families ask about schools in Plymouth?

Which Plymouth school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

School #519 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Plymouth schools in this federal-data comparison at 96/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Plymouth, MN? ▼

Plymouth has 27 public schools with a total enrollment of 16,144 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.