Waco Isd

26 campuses · Mclennan County

Waco Isd enrolled 3,682 students across 26 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 83.7% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Waco Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24-9.9 vs TX
Waco Isd 79.9%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24-16.0 vs TX
Waco Isd 59.1%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-4.0 vs TX
Waco Isd 40.6%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24+9.8 vs TX
Waco Isd 90.9%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24-12.4 vs TX
Waco Isd 2.1%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25-6.3 vs TX
Waco Isd 19.7%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24+4.7 vs TX
Waco Isd 59.8%Texas 55.1%

14 of 154 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

708090201220152018202120249080

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

304050607080201720192021202320247559

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

30405020162018202020224541

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

406080100201220152018202120249181

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

0510152020122015201820212024152

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

203040201720192022202420252620

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

3040506070201420172020202320246055

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

51015201220152018202120241714

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202483.7%79.9%86.3%79.7%83.3%
College/career/military ready202467%59.1%68.2%78.6%65.6%
Algebra I proficiency202521.6%19.7%22.1%19.1%20.7%
Biology proficiency202535.6%24%38.6%51.7%33.2%
English II proficiency202532.6%28.7%33.5%40%30.7%
Grade 3 math202321.2%12%21.7%51.3%18.3%
Grade 4 math202319.5%9.1%19.9%64.6%16%
Grade 5 math202331.1%20.1%32.6%62.8%28.5%
Grade 6 math202318.9%10.8%19.7%40.7%17.2%
Grade 7 math202321.5%9.5%24.6%47.2%19%
Grade 8 math202320.1%14.2%21.1%8.3%18.4%
Grade 3 reading202328.1%20%28.5%51.3%25%
Grade 4 reading202326.5%11.5%29.1%72.9%22.5%
Grade 5 reading202338.3%28.6%38.8%74.4%35.6%
Grade 6 reading202329.4%20.2%30.4%50.8%26.8%
Grade 7 reading202330.9%19.8%33.5%52.8%27.8%
Grade 8 reading202341.2%31.7%42.9%52.9%38%
Advanced course completion202468%59.8%69.8%77%67.6%
Took an AP/IB course202436.8%23.4%38.4%57.1%35.2%
Took an AP/IB exam202422.9%13.9%24.2%40.9%20.9%
Passed an AP/IB exam202426.6%6.1%24.1%57.4%22.9%

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