Midway High School is a 5A high school in the Midway Independent School District, which serves the Waco, Texas area. Although the school is located in southwestern Waco, most students live in the suburbs of Woodway and Hewitt. Up until the fall of 2003, Midway High School was located on Hewitt Drive in Hewitt. The newly constructed building is a few thousand feet away, in the city limits of Waco. The previous high school is now used as Midway Middle School, which is in the city limits of Hewitt.
The ethnicity breakdown of Midway is approximately: 64.8% White, 17.1% Hispanic, 11.6% African American, 4.3% Asian, 1.0% Native American, 0.1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and 1.1% two or more ethnicities. In 2011, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
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