Waresboro Elementary School

Set in Waycross, Georgia, Waresboro Elementary School is an intimate K-5 school, overseen by Ware County. It works with 429 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Waresboro Elementary School sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Ware County runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,920 students. Waresboro Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Waresboro Elementary School records that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 24% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Waresboro Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Waresboro Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Waresboro Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 48.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ware County indicate median household earnings sit near $47,448, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Ware County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,927 students), Waresboro Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center, around 4.3 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Waresboro Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waresboro Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 429 students in 2018 to 429 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 61% to 56% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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