WAYSIDE REAL LEARNING ACADEMY

WAYSIDE REAL LEARNING ACADEMY, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in AUSTIN, Texas, run under WAYSIDE SCHOOLS, caters to 644 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

WAYSIDE REAL LEARNING ACADEMY is one of 4 schools operated by WAYSIDE SCHOOLS, a district that educates 1,787 students overall.

On demographics, WAYSIDE REAL LEARNING ACADEMY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). Other groups include 5% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WAYSIDE REAL LEARNING ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 35.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Travis County) logs that median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which WAYSIDE REAL LEARNING ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is WAYSIDE SCI-TECH MIDDLE AND H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WAYSIDE REAL LEARNING ACADEMY at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 26.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. WAYSIDE REAL LEARNING ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WAYSIDE REAL LEARNING ACADEMY has shrank 5%, going from 678 students in 2018 to 644 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 82% to 90%. Class-load math has grew: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 25.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.