WOODWAY EL

WOODWAY EL is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in WACO, Texas, overseen by MIDWAY ISD, instructing 547 students in grades pre-K through 5.

WOODWAY EL is one of 13 schools operated by MIDWAY ISD, a district that works with 8,961 students overall.

On the student-mix side, WOODWAY EL lists that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 20% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against McLennan County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WOODWAY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.1%, the actual is 67.9%, a residual of +7.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for McLennan County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,643 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which WOODWAY EL is one.

The closest other public school is CHAPEL PARK EL, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WOODWAY EL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WOODWAY EL has edged down 6%, going from 581 students in 2018 to 547 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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