📍 1030 e Live Oak St, Waco, McLennan County, 76704
G L Wiley Opportunity Center is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Waco, McLennan County. The school has 92 pupils enrolled. The Principal is John Weeks. It is part of the Waco Isd school district. It serves grades 3–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.1:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
G L Wiley Opportunity Center enrolls 92 students across grades 3–12. The student body is 70% male and 30% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 41% Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 51 | 55% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 38 | 41% |
| White | 3 | 3.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
87 of the school's 92 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 87 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
G L Wiley Opportunity Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 22, state house district 12.
G L Wiley Opportunity Center is one of 25 schools in WACO ISD, based in WACO, Texas. The district serves 13,376 students district-wide and employs 997 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 92 students, G L Wiley Opportunity Center is smaller than the district average of about 535 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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