 Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series 3 out of 5 stars; saying that, “This fast-paced series is packed with the zany characters and scenarios that young grade-schoolers will love.Even better, it's virtually free of content likely to bother parents.”

However, the series also drew criticism for its differences to the "Wayside School" books on which it was based.Alyse Wax of "Blogcritics" negatively compared the animated series to the books that inspired it, stating that "the series 'doesn't have the magic that the books had,' and noting that while the books provided 'wacky, silly, with odd, funny, almost-realistic-but-not-quite characters', viewers get no such character development from the animation, and expanded that while the show is shared from an adult perspective, it is not meant to be enjoyed by parents and kids" watching it together, being "geared towards younger kids".