Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Wayland

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Wayland, iowaPhoto: Bill Whittaker Uploaded by Billwhittaker at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Schools in Wayland

Wayland’s public schools

WACO Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wayland. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Iowa’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Iowa’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
67%
2021–22
Math proficiency
59%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.4K
▼ 10% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.7
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
558 students on the public path
In brief

Wayland’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Wayland’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. WACO High School places highest (better than 53%); WACO Elementary School lowest (9%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Wayland, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6WACO Elementary Schoolin CrawfordsvilleD
7–12WACO High SchoolWACO Community School DistrictB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the WACO Community School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

WACO Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 558 students, up 20% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$12,367IA $13,713 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading67%
State average 69.7% · 331 students tested
Math59%
State average 63.8% · 331 students tested

Wayland vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Iowa towns that share Wayland’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Wayland—WACO

Every school in Wayland

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Iowa’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Waylandby address
WACO High School
High · Grades 7–12
B−
241 students11:1Rate it →
Also serving Waylandin other towns
WACO Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Crawfordsville
D
317 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Wayland’s schools

Are Wayland’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Wayland. WACO Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wayland. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Wayland in?

WACO Community School District.

Where do Wayland kids go to high school?

WACO High School.

Parents talk

What Wayland families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Wayland → They have their own page.

School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.