WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY

WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY is a small elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, run under WAYSIDE SCHOOLS. The school works with 235 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

Within WAYSIDE SCHOOLS, which oversees 4 schools and 1,787 students, WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder is composed of 23% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the resource side, WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY reports 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.0%; actual is 34.5%, a gap of -19.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Travis County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

Nearest neighbor: CUNNINGHAM EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY operates from a city-core location. WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY has decreased 41%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 235 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 39% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.