State/Public Elementary Open

Wayside Altamira Academy

๐Ÿ“ 10704 Bradshaw Rd, Austin, Travis County, 78747

293
Pupils
14.8
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Wayside Altamira Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 293 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melinda Gardner. It is part of the Wayside Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Melinda Gardner
School district
Wayside Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Wayside Altamira Academy enrolls 293 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.

Male students
130 (44%)
Female students
163 (56%)
Teachers (FTE)
19.8
Student-teacher ratio
14.8:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 4.1% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino23781%
White3713%
Black or African American124.1%
Two or more races62%
Asian1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

215 of the school's 293 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 155 qualify for free lunch and 60 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 Altamira 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 25, state house district 47.

School district: WAYSIDE SCHOOLS

Wayside Altamira 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 293 students, Wayside Altamira Academy is smaller 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

32%
Reading proficient
12%
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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