Midway High School is apublic high school located in the city ofWaco,Texas,USA and classified as a 6A school by theUIL. It is part of theMidway Independent School District, which serves theWaco, Texas area. Although the school is located in southwestern Waco, most students live in the suburbs ofWoodway andHewitt. The school was formerly located in Hewitt until the fall of 2003, when the current high school was built a half-mile away. The previous building is now Midway Middle School.
Named #1 Best Public High School in McLennan County in 2018 by[2]
The ethnic breakdown of Midway ISD is approximately 57% White/ Anglo, 23.4% Hispanic, 11.9% African American, 4.6% Asian, 0.2% American Indian/ Alaska Native, 0.2% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and 2/6% two or more ethnicities.
Midway added a robotics program in 2010 and an astronomy club in 2011. The Midway ISD Education Foundation[13] provided a portable, inflatable planetarium for these clubs as well as FFA and agricultural studies.
The speech and debate teams have been nationally competitive since the 1980s-90s, and have consistently qualified for the National Forensic League tournament. The clubs have won the following state championships:
Lincoln-Douglas Debate (1995)
Policy debate (1993, 1995, 1996, 2000)
Informative speaking (1993)
Persuasive speaking (1964, 1965, 1993)
The orchestra program received international recognition in 2012 at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Ill. They were named a national finalist for the American Prize in Orchestra Performance, placing second.
The school has Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (MCJROTC) established in the early 1980s.
In 2012, Midway ranked in the top 10 of UIL's Lone Star Cup Class 4A rankings for the fifth year in a row, before moving to 5A in the 2012-13 school year.[14] The Texas Lone Star Cup is awarded based on a school district’s combined academic and athletic achievements.
In addition to strong athletics and academics, Midway was named "One of the Best Communities for Music Education" by the NAMM Foundation four straight years.[15]
Some school districts extend beyond the boundaries of McLennan County. Hallsburg ISD does not operate any high schools in McLennan County. Oglesby ISD serves a small section of McLennan County but does not operate any schools inside it.
