About Ware County School District
Ware County School District is a public school system serving Ware County, Georgia, based in Waycross. It serves 5,920 students across 9 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: remote district. By enrollment it is the #61 largest of Georgia’s 234 school systems.
Size and structure
Ware County School District enrolls 5,920 students in 9 schools — an average of about 658 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #61 of 234 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Ware County School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (5,920 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Ware County School District employs about 458 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1 — below the Georgia average of about 14.1:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 992.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Georgia funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Ware County School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Georgia rates schools and districts on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), scoring content mastery, progress, closing gaps, readiness and (for high schools) graduation rate. Look up Ware County School District on the state’s School Grades report.
Accreditation status
Most Georgia districts are accredited through Cognia (the former SACS CASI); districts still commonly refer to “SACS” accreditation, now administered by Cognia. Look up Ware County School District in the free Cognia registry.
Ware County School District vs. Georgia
See every Georgia district side by side in the Georgia directory.
Look up Ware County School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):