State/Public Elementary Open

Wayside Real Learning Academy

๐Ÿ“ 6405 S Ih 35, Austin, Travis County, 78744

563
Pupils
20.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Wayside Real Learning Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 563 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kierstin Howard. It is part of the Wayside Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Kierstin Howard
School district
Wayside Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Wayside Real Learning Academy enrolls 563 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.

Male students
280 (50%)
Female students
283 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
27.6
Student-teacher ratio
20.4:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 5.9% Black or African American and 3.2% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino49888%
Black or African American335.9%
White183.2%
Two or more races91.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native3<1%
Asian2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

509 of the school's 563 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 443 qualify for free lunch and 66 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Charter schoolTitle I

Wayside Real Learning Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 21, state house district 51.

School district: WAYSIDE SCHOOLS

Wayside Real Learning Academy is one of 4 schools in WAYSIDE SCHOOLS, based in AUSTIN, Texas. The district serves 1,787 students district-wide and employs 107 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 563 students, Wayside Real Learning Academy is larger than the district average of about 447 students per school.

1,787
District students
4
Schools
107
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

28%
Reading proficient
30%
Math proficient
23%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Large

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