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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARE COUNTY·NCES 130543001775
Waresboro Elementary School
3379 W Church St, Waycross, GA 31503 · (912) 287-2393 · Ware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
351 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
60%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
34.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.4pp since 2021
Math
52.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +18.8pp 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 52 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.1% | 37.4% |
| 2021-22 | 29.2% | 33.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 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 Waresboro Elementary School
Waresboro Elementary School's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waresboro Elementary School this school | 429 | 81.8% | 48.9% |
| Dearing Elementary School Dearing | 414 | 80.0% | 41.7% |
| Crescent Road Elementary School Griffin | 429 | 78.8% | 45.3% |
| Blanchard Elementary School Columbus | 451 | 82.5% | 40.9% |
| Social Circle Elementary School Social Circle | 436 | 77.3% | 45.6% |
| Twin City Elementary School Twin City | 515 | 82.9% | 51.3% |
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 Waresboro Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Ware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #366 of 1,208 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #364 of 1,215 ▼ 9 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #606 of 1,215 ▼ 195 | #6 of 6 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.1pp | #78 of 1,183 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #1,031 of 1,324 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #384 of 1,301 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #467 of 1,301 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #694 of 1,312 | #5 of 6 |
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
429
+29 (+7%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 429 | 34.5 | 12.4:1 | 82% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 37.4 | 11.2:1 | 82% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 34.7 | 12.8:1 | 94% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 98% (391) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 29.9 | 14.3:1 | 90% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 90% (418) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 75% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 73% (333) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 31 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waresboro Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (429 to 429); teachers up 15% (29.9 to 34.5).
About Waresboro Elementary School
Waresboro Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Georgia, with an address in Waycross. It had 429 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Enrollment across the 9 schools in Ware County totals 5,920 students.
The student body at Waresboro Elementary School is 56% White. It is also 24% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 12.4:1 is based on 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 82%.
On the allk12 Grade, Waresboro Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 89% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Waresboro Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.9% and a predicted 35.1%.
The school's county is Ware County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $47,448 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Waresboro Elementary School shares Ware County with 9 other public schools.
Waresboro Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center, about 4.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Waresboro Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Waresboro Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Waresboro Elementary School had a net gain of 29 students, or 7%.
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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
Nearby schools
- Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center4.3 mi · 7
- Ware County Middle School5.2 mi · 752
- Wacona Elementary School6.0 mi · 885
- Ware County High School6.5 mi · 1,633
- Ruskin Elementary School6.8 mi · 363
- Center Elementary School7.3 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Waresboro Elementary SchoolHow large is Waresboro Elementary School?
Waresboro Elementary School enrolls approximately 429 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Waresboro Elementary School serve?
Waresboro Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Waresboro Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Waresboro Elementary School is approximately 12.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waresboro Elementary School?
At Waresboro Elementary School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 11% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Waresboro Elementary School in?
Waresboro Elementary School is part of Ware County.
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