Wayside Schools enrolled 1,787 students in the 2024-25 school year, a 1.6% increase from 1,759 the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Among the student body, 50.9% were boys and 49.1% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic (1,524), representing 85.3% of the district’s total enrollment. White students were the second-largest group, totaling 127 students (7.1%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was Pre-Kindergarten, with 283 students enrolled that year, accounting for 15.8% of the total student body.
The district covers four schools, and has a central office in Austin.
Texas has the nation’s second-largest K-12 public school system, serving about 5.5 million students with a student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 15:1.
About 42,103 teachers in Texas, or 12% of the state’s 352,234 teachers, did not hold an active teaching certificate during the 2024-25 school year, according to a report from the Texas Education Agency. The share of uncertified teachers has increased from 3.8% in the 2019-20 school year.
A 2026 study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.
| School | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Wayside Real Learning Academy | 644 |
| Wayside Sci-Tech Middle and High School | 554 |
| Wayside Altamira Academy | 354 |
| Wayside Eden Park Academy | 235 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
