Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARE COUNTY·NCES 130543001776
Memorial Drive Elementary School
2580 Ambrose St, Waycross, GA 31503 · (912) 287-2327 · Ware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
346 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
35.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +13.1pp since 2021
Math
44.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +16.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.5% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 49.7% |
| 2022-23 | 29.7% | 38.2% |
| 2021-22 | 22.4% | 27.9% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Memorial Drive Elementary School
Memorial Drive Elementary School's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Drive Elementary School this school | 346 | 100.0% | 41.7% |
| Taylor County Primary School Butler | 342 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Miller County Elementary School Colquitt | 365 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
| Blythe Elementary School Blythe | 333 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| North Brooks Elementary School Morven | 354 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| McBean Elementary School Hephzibah | 384 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Memorial Drive Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Ware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #515 of 1,208 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #524 of 1,215 ▼ 102 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #580 of 1,215 ▼ 10 | #4 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #34 of 1,183 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #1,188 of 1,324 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #100 of 1,301 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #374 of 1,301 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #427 of 1,312 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #309 of 386 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
346
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 346 | 31.9 | 10.8:1 | 100% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 34.2 | 10.9:1 | 100% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 34.2 | 10.3:1 | 94% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 98% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 90% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 90% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 76% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 69% (323) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 28 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Drive Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (335 to 346); teachers up 14% (28 to 31.9).
About Memorial Drive Elementary School
Memorial Drive Elementary School is a public elementary school in Waycross, Georgia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 346 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 43% lower.
Memorial Drive Elementary School is a school in Ware County. The district has 9 schools and 5,920 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Memorial Drive Elementary School is White (48%). Enrollment also includes 36% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 14 points below the 62% share among Ware County residents. By the diversity index, Memorial Drive Elementary School comes in at 63%.
Teachers at the school number 31.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.8:1. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Ware County is 87%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Memorial Drive Elementary School ranks in the top 10% in Georgia. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.7%, against a prediction of 25.7%.
Among Ware County residents, median household income is about $47,448, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Memorial Drive Elementary School is one of 10 public schools in Ware County, which together enroll about 5,927 students.
The nearest public school is Waycross Middle School, at about 2.0 miles. Memorial Drive Elementary School has 4 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 45.4%, higher than Memorial Drive Elementary School's 41.7%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
Memorial Drive Elementary School saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 10.8:1 over the same years.
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Ware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,976
Census ACS
Median income
$47,448
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,927 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ware County
- Ware County High SchoolHigh · 1,633 students
- Wacona Elementary SchoolElementary · 885 students
- Ware County Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Waycross Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Williams Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
Other schools in Waycross
- Ware County High SchoolHigh · 1,633 students
- Wacona Elementary SchoolElementary · 885 students
- Ware County Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Waycross Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Williams Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
Other Memorial Drive Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Memorial Drive Elementary. Memorial Drive Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Memorial Drive Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 388 students
Nearby schools
- Waycross Middle School2.0 mi · 606
- Williams Heights Elementary School2.2 mi · 436
- Center Elementary School3.9 mi · 470
- Ware County High School4.1 mi · 1,633
- Ware County Middle School5.2 mi · 752
- Midway Elementary School5.3 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Drive Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Memorial Drive Elementary School?
Memorial Drive Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Memorial Drive Elementary School serve?
Memorial Drive Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Memorial Drive Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Memorial Drive Elementary School is approximately 10.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Memorial Drive Elementary School?
Student demographics at Memorial Drive Elementary School are roughly 48% White, 5% Hispanic, 36% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Memorial Drive Elementary School in?
Memorial Drive Elementary School is part of Ware County.
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