G L Wiley Opportunity Center

Size

G L Wiley Opportunity Center is the only school in Waco ISD. Its 98 students are 0.7% of the district's 13,376. Its 8 closest schools sit a median 20.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 251; G L Wiley Opportunity Center is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 9 with 27 students, and its smallest is grade 2 with 1, against an average of 11 per grade. This year grade 12 has 100% more students than grade 2 (2 against 1). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Black students: 56.1% here and 26.8% across Waco ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 38.8%.

81.6% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 88.1% across Waco ISD and a median of 61.6% for Texas schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 15 full-time-equivalent teachers for 98 students, G L Wiley Opportunity Center has 6.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 11, a school with 98 students would have about 8.9 teachers, so G L Wiley Opportunity Center has 6.1 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (11).

Location

G L Wiley Opportunity Center is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other school is Gholson ISD, 11.7 miles away in Gholson ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.