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Open-enrollment charter campus

Wayside Sci-Tech MS and HS

Wayside Schools · Austin · 592 students

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Current score
81/1002025-26
Change
+15 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+0.4 ptsvs 80.6 average · 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
222 of 427tied with 17 others
B81

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 77 in 2021-22. The current score is level with the 80.6 average for 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 14 points

76 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 90 is 12.8 points above the 77.2 average among 424 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Top placement

Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student

26% 3rd of 156 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure · 2025-26

See the full measure

Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

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Wayside Sci-Tech MS and HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 80.6 average for 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is up 15 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 222nd of 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 17 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. After high school: the following fall
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this school ranks best
  13. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageWayside Sci-Tech MS and HS 6665737681 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated C with 77 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas charter average
2025-26B8180.6 427 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25C7679.2 421 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24C7377.1 412 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23D6576.7 401 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22D6683.8 377 reporting84.5 700 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement75 C+0.1 vs similar economic context · 427 reporting
  • School Progress77 C−4.7 vs similar economic context · 427 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps90 A+12.8 vs similar economic context · 424 reporting
  • Academic Growth69 D−4.2 vs similar economic context · 408 reporting
  • Relative Performance77 C−3.0 vs similar economic context · 424 reporting
  • Wayside Sci-Tech MS and HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (427 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement75C5
School Progress77C3
Closing the Gaps90A—
Academic Growth69D1
Relative Performance77C3

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 3 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (77), so Student Achievement (75) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 77.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level66%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level57%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 426 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 426 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 426 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level57%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 276 reporting
  • Meets grade level27%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 276 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 276 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (427 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year
90.9%+28.8 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 131 rated charter campuses reporting
Five-Year
97.1%+39.2 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 131 rated charter campuses reporting
Six-Year
93.5%+43.1 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting
Dropout Rate
0.8%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 131 rated charter campuses reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only charter campuses in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported charter campus rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
74.0%−9.8 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria74.0%83.8%−9.8 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 154 rated charter campuses reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course8.0%68.3%−60.3 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA8.0%35.7%−27.7 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)48.0%29.1%+18.9 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course0.0%11.2%−11.2 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned an industry-based certification0.0%14.4%−14.4 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%0.4%−0.4 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%1.8%−1.8 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%3.7%−3.7 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness2.0%1.3%+0.7 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student26.0%7.9%+18.1 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces0.0%1.9%−1.9 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 156 rated charter campuses reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported charter campus percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only charter campuses for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

After high school: the following fall

Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.

Graduates in the report
33

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
13

39.4% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
17

51.5% of graduates

Not trackable
3

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
33
Selected comparison
78.8

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
13
Selected comparison
39.3

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
39.4%
Selected comparison
46.4%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting

−7.0 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
51.5%
Selected comparison
48.0%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting

+3.5 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
9.1%
Selected comparison
5.6%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting

+3.5 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (012015)6

Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.

Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.

“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.

“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
592
Economically disadvantaged
87.8%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
56.9%+14.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
26.7%+14.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.5%+0.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
20.8%−3.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Wayside Sci-Tech MS and HS

African American: 4.2%Hispanic: 89.5%White: 3.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 0.3%Two or More Races: 1.7%
  • African American 4.2%
  • Hispanic 89.5%
  • White 3.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 1.7%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting for every category shown · 427 in full cohort

African American: 17.9%Hispanic: 75%White: 3.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.6%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 17.9%
  • Hispanic 75%
  • White 3.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.6%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
592
Economically disadvantaged students
520
Emergent bilingual students
337
Special education students
158

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
104
Students in TEA mobility denominator
619
TEA-published mobility rate
16.8%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 592 students in 2025–26, an increase of 38 (6.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
592

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+38

Increase · +6.9%

Change since 2021–22
+13

Increase · +2.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
592
Selected comparison
515.4

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Wayside Sci-Tech MS and HS
School yearStudents enrolledWayside Sci-Tech MS and HSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 579 First available year 498.2
2022–23 521 Decrease of 58 (10.0%) 511.3
2023–24 535 Increase of 14 (2.7%) 515.5
2024–25 554 Increase of 19 (3.6%) 517.5
2025–26 592 Increase of 38 (6.9%) 515.4

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
88

14.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
142

22.94 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
619

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
14.2%
Selected comparison
10.7%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 269 rated charter campuses reporting

+3.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
22.94
Selected comparison
17.7

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 285 rated charter campuses reporting

+5.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Wayside Sci-Tech MS and HS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 683 Suppressed — 10 1.46 — 5.6
2021–22 644 116 18.0% 234 36.34 10.7% 17.4
2022–23 606 104 17.2% 155 25.58 11.4% 19.6
2023–24 611 152 24.9% 262 42.88 11.2% 18.7
2024–25 619 88 14.2% 142 22.94 10.7% 17.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Wayside Sci-Tech MS and HS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 88 14.2% 142 22.94 10.7% 17.7
In-school suspensions 77 12.4% 107 17.29 7.1% 10.1
Out-of-school suspensions 27 4.4% 34 5.49 8.5% 12
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter campuses can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Wayside Sci-Tech MS and HS
  • Parent district: Wayside Schools
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,579
Selected comparison
$11,804

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated charter campuses reporting

−$1,225 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,579 per student for this campus, $13,979 per student for its parent district, Wayside Schools, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearWayside Sci-Tech MS and HSParent district: Wayside SchoolsTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,371$9,517$13,054$8,471 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 255 rated charter campuses reporting
2019$8,903$10,857$13,108$8,669 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 316 rated charter campuses reporting
2020$7,380$10,530$14,058$9,250 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 337 rated charter campuses reporting
2021$7,220$11,339$14,797$9,514 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 366 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$7,664$13,193$15,708$11,309 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 386 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$9,186$14,357$16,792$11,353 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 399 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$10,764$14,193$18,125$11,546 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$10,579$13,979$18,972$11,804 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated charter campuses reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$64,698+$939 vs similar economic context
Teachers
47+17.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.6−5.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Wayside Sci-Tech MS and HS

Beginning: 8.1%1 to 5 years: 62%6 to 10 years: 18.3%11 to 20 years: 8.5%21 to 30 years: 2.1%Over 30 years: 1.1%
  • Beginning 8.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 62%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 8.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 2.1%
  • Over 30 years 1.1%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting for every category shown · 427 in full cohort

Beginning: 13.1%1 to 5 years: 47.7%6 to 10 years: 20.1%11 to 20 years: 14.5%21 to 30 years: 3.9%Over 30 years: 0.7%
  • Beginning 13.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 3.9%
  • Over 30 years 0.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Wayside Sci-Tech MS and HS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classWayside Sci-Tech MS and HS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 618.823.5
Secondary English16.418.9
Secondary languages other than English11.518
Secondary math19.219.3
Secondary science20.720.1
Secondary social studies19.520.3

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 120 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#1 rankings

First-place results

1 measure

  • 1of 143

    Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student

    Similar size · of the 143 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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