WAYSIDE MIDDLE

WAYSIDE MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of roomy scale in FORT WORTH, Texas, operated by EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD, enrolling 1,119 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 74% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 32 schools in EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD (23,982 students total), WAYSIDE MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, WAYSIDE MIDDLE reports that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 36% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WAYSIDE MIDDLE has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting WAYSIDE MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at WAYSIDE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WAYSIDE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), WAYSIDE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

BRYSON EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WAYSIDE MIDDLE at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 27%: 880 students in 2018 compared to 1,119 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 58% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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