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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

South Waco Elementary, Waco, TX

South Waco Elementary is a public elementary school in Waco, part of Waco ISD. It enrolled 490 students in 2024-25, with 18.1 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "SOUTH WACO EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
490
Teachers (FTE)
27.0
Students per teacher
18.1
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 3.7 higher than the district figure of 14.4. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.1
District14.4
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
2104 Gurley Ln, Waco, TX 76706
Phone
(254)753-6802
District
Waco ISD
County
McLennan County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
484428006798
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
474
Reduced-price lunch
2
Free or reduced-price lunch
47697.1% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Waco ISD

Elementary schools elsewhere in Waco

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.