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Plymouth, Minnesota - 18 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Wayzata Public School District #354 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,506 per pupil, Wayzata Public School District ranks #218 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
12,318
Total Enrollment
18
Schools
$14,506
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wayzata Public School District operates 18 public schools serving 12,318 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 elementary, 5 middle, 3 high, 2 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hennepin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,506 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.6% local, 48.8% state, and 6.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 28/100, ranked #354 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 18 schools offering Advanced Placement (29 AP courses district-wide), a 603.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.1% White, 17.9% Asian, 11.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kimberly Lane Elementary, with a diversity index of 68.2/100.
Its largest campus is Wayzata High, enrolling 3,781 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Central Middle Alternative (Cmap), at 29 students, a 130x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wayzata High accounts for 29.0% of all Wayzata Public School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wayzata Public School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Wayzata Public School District school enrollment varies 130× across entities
Wayzata Public School District school enrollment ranges from 29 students (lowest) to 3,781 students (highest), a spread of 3,752 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Wayzata Public School District student-counselor ratio is 604:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Wayzata Public School District chronic absenteeism rate is 22.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Wayzata Public School District is typically wider than the Wayzata Public School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Wayzata Public School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Wayzata Public School District?
Wayzata Public School District has 18 schools, including 3 high, 5 middle, 2 combined, 8 elementary. Total enrollment is 12,318 students.
How much does Wayzata Public School District spend per student?
Wayzata Public School District spends $14,506 per student. The district has an equity score of 28/100, ranking #354 in Minnesota.
What is the demographic composition of Wayzata Public School District?
Wayzata Public School District students are 57.1% White, 17.9% Asian, 11.8% African American, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 18 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wayzata Public School District?
Wayzata Public School District has an equity score of 28/100, ranking #354 out of 410 districts in Minnesota.