Waco High School

2020 N 42nd St, Waco, TX 76710View on map

Public
Waco
1,885 students

Year

Enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M

1.6%of trackable graduates

1.6% of the class of 2024's trackable graduates enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M the following fall.

Class of 2024: 307 of 321 graduates could be tracked

County median 0.0%

Shares are of trackable graduates: graduates the state could look up in its college records (those with a usable ID), whether or not they enrolled.

Where graduates enrolled

The class of 2024 in Texas colleges the following fall. Shares are of the 307 trackable graduates.

College	Students	Share
McLennan Community College Public 2-year	86	28%
Texas State Technical College Public 2-year	10	3.3%
UT Austin Public 4-year	5	1.6%
Other 4-year colleges (12) Colleges the state groups because few of the class enrolled at each	25	8.1%
Other 2-year colleges (6) Colleges the state groups because few of the class enrolled at each	8	2.6%
Not trackable Graduates the state could not look up in its college records (no usable ID); not counted in the shares	14	—
Not found Not found in a Texas college that fall: for example, at a college outside Texas, or not enrolled	173	56%

College types (2-year, 4-year, public, private) are assigned by WhoGotIn from federal (IPEDS) and state (THECB) records; a few were classified by hand. See Methodology.

Academic context

From Texas's published school reports and federal school data; each figure shows its year. Ticks mark the county median.

Economically disadvantaged students
87%
2023–24 school year
County median 51%
STAAR English II: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
36%
2023–24 school year
County median 67%
STAAR Biology: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
28%
2023–24 school year
County median 59%
STAAR U.S. History: Meets Grade Level or above
Share of students tested in high school who met grade level
52%
2023–24 school year
County median 70%
SAT average (total)
816
Class of 2024 · 94% of graduates took it
County median 952
ACT average (composite)
25.6
Class of 2024 · 2% of graduates took it
County median 20.9

Advanced Placement

47%

of students who took an AP exam scored 3 or higher on at least one AP exam

178 students took at least one AP exam

2024–25 school year · Texas Education Agency

Enrolled at UT Austin or Texas A&M, by class

Earlier classes, with every college and its counts, are in the full report.

Where every school lands

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Across Texas