School district · Georgia
Ware County
Ware County in Georgia: 9 public schools with 5,920 students and 12.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $16,364 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 5,920
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- GA 14.1 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $16,364
- GA $15.8K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 458
- Counselors (FTE)
- 19.1
- Students per counselor
- 310
- GA 385 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 3.0
- Librarians (FTE): 9.8
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$9.6K15
$10.2K16
$10.5K17
$11.0K18
$11.2K19
$11.9K20
$12.1K21
$14.2K22
$15.4K23
$16.4K24
- Federal
- 19% · $21M
- State
- 53% · $59.4M
- Local
- 28% · $30.9M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $10,117
- Support services
- $5,411
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $11.9M
- Long-term debt
- $25M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 6Middle schools: 2High schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Center Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 470 | 13.4 |
Memorial Drive Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 346 | 10.8 |
Ruskin Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 363 | 11.8 |
Wacona Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 885 | 18.9 |
Waresboro Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 429 | 12.4 |
Williams Heights Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 436 | 13.3 |
Ware County Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 752 | 11.6 |
Waycross Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 606 | 12.7 |
Ware County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,633 | 14.1 |
Sources
- Address
- 1301 Bailey Street, Waycross, GA 31501
- Phone
- (912)283-8656
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).