School district · Georgia

Ware County School District

Part of Okefenokee RESA. Overview, assessment, demographics, attendance and discipline from public state and federal files, each figure shown with its source and year.

6,558
Enrollment
20.7%
Chronically absent %
95.36%
4-yr grad %
County system
System type
9
Schools listed

Overview

6,558
Enrollment
20.7%
Chronic absenteeism
95.36%
Four-year graduation rate
87.0%
Economically disadvantaged

Assessment

27.6%
Beginning Learner — EOG grades 3–8 — English Language Arts
18.5%
Beginning Learner — EOG grades 3–8 — Mathematics
21.6%
Beginning Learner — EOC — American Literature and Composition
17.9%
Beginning Learner — EOC — Algebra: Concepts and Connections

Demographics

87.0%
Economically disadvantaged
17.9%
Students with disabilities
4.0%
English learners
14.7%
Gifted

Attendance

20.7%
Chronic absenteeism
25.2%
Chronic absenteeism — Students with disabilities
19.6%
Chronic absenteeism — Students without disabilities

Discipline

9.3%
In-school suspension
11.3%
Out-of-school suspension
0.0%
Expulsion

Schools in this district

Every school Georgia publishes for this district, grouped by the grades it serves. Columns differ by band because the published measures do: a graduation rate for high schools, third-grade reading for elementary. All 9 schools as published — nothing averaged or estimated.

9 schools
Elementary schools 6
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantagedGr 3 readingELA BeginningMath Beginning
Center Elementary SchoolKK-0555584.419.5%11.4%96.0%33.7%26.7%16.9%
Memorial Drive Elementary SchoolKK-0539570.914.4%1.8%100.0%39.1%29.7%12.6%
Ruskin Elementary SchoolKK-0541972.64.3%1.9%100.0%33.3%22.2%11.1%
Wacona Elementary SchoolPK-0567063.416.7%4.1%84.0%42.1%25.3%21.1%
Waresboro Elementary SchoolKK-0549267.720.9%13.0%82.0%46.1%17.5%12.3%
Williams Heights Elementary SchoolKK-0549861.722.3%8.4%80.0%43.6%28.6%24.1%
Middle schools 2
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantagedGr 8 readingELA BeginningMath Beginning
Ware County Middle School06-0881074.123.4%19.9%80.0%60.1%29.5%21.9%
Waycross Middle School06-0865973.621.2%17.8%91.0%50.7%31.0%17.7%
High schools 1
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantaged4-yr grad %Am Lit BeginningAlgebra Beginning
Ware County High School09-121,74673.725.9%13.8%84.0%95.36%21.6%19.4%

How Ware County compares

68 districts of comparable size statewide — Okefenokee RESA has too few for a useful comparison

Regional peers
68 districts of comparable size statewide — Okefenokee RESA has too few for a useful comparison
Reported values · 2024-25

This region has too few similarly-sized districts for a useful comparison, so the set has been widened to comparable districts statewide.

EnrollmentWare County: 6,558
3,31312,702
Chronic absenteeismWare County: 20.7%
6.6%37.4%
Four-year graduation rateWare County: 95.36%
81.65%99.71%
Ware County Comparison district Median Middle 50%

Neighboring districts

Geographic neighbors, which may sit in other regions.

Sources & vintage

Every value on this page is drawn from public state and federal collections. Suppressed small cells are flagged, never imputed. Every figure here is a published value, reproduced as-is.