High · Texas

Wayside Sci-Tech Middle and H S

CharterFree meals for all

Wayside Sci-Tech Middle and H S, a public high school in Austin, Texas: grades 6–12, 554 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wayside Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 554
Teachers (FTE): 40.8
Students per teacher: 13.6
Grades: 6–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 52% of high schools in Texas

Median 13.8 · 1,941 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 56% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 60% of high schools in Texas

Median 365 · 2,123 schools compared

Larger than 59% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Texas: 54%

27%proficient

−1.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 82% of high schools in Texas

Median 53% · 314 high schools compared

317 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Texas: 42%

27%proficient

+15.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 61% of high schools in Texas

Median 34% · 308 high schools compared

214 students tested, grades 6, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: Charter school · Regular
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Wayside Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wayside Schools.

Location

Address: 6405 S Ih 35, Austin, TX 78744
Phone: (512)220-9120
City or town: Austin
County: Travis County

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Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
KIPP Austin BraveCharterFree meals for all	9–12	490	12.9	—	—	1.0 mi
Harmony School of Excellence - AustinCharterFree meals for all	6–12	497	13.3	34%	22%	1.8 mi
The Excel Center for Adults - South AustinCharterAlternative	9–12	114	17.2	—	—	2.1 mi
Crockett Early College H SFree meals for all	9–12	1,529	14.4	—	—	2.3 mi
IDEA Bluff Springs College PreparatoryCharterFree meals for all	6–12	689	17.1	48%	24%	2.6 mi
Premier High School-Austin South CampusCharterAlternative	8–12	143	23.8	50%	17%	2.6 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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