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Austin, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Wayside Schools #720 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,946 per pupil, Wayside Schools ranks #988 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,651
Total Enrollment
4
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$10,946
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wayside Schools operates 4 public schools serving 1,651 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Travis County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,946 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 2.8% local, 69.2% state, and 27.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 38/100, ranked #720 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 24.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.8% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% White, 4.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wayside Eden Park Academy, with a diversity index of 55.1/100.
Its largest campus is Wayside Real Learning Academy, enrolling 644 students (36% of the district's total enrollment).
Wayside Real Learning Academy accounts for 36.0% of all Wayside Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wayside Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Wayside Schools school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities
Wayside Schools school enrollment ranges from 235 students (lowest) to 644 students (highest), a spread of 409 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Wayside Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 63.4% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Wayside Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 24.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Wayside Schools is typically wider than the Wayside Schools-aggregate figure suggests.