Ware County High School
700 Victory Dr
Waycross GA, 31503, Ware County
Phone: 912-287-2351
Ranking: 
(207 out of 392, bottom 47%)*
(207 out of 392, bottom 47%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Ware County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 98 | 102 | 101 | 98 | 90 | 88 | 93 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,514 | 1,538 | 1,523 | 1,523 | 1,420 | 1,430 | 1,486 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 428 | 28.3% | 438 | 28.5% | 437 | 28.7% | 428 | 28.1% | 438 | 30.8% | 423 | 29.6% | 438 | 29.5% |
| Grade 10: | 433 | 28.6% | 482 | 31.3% | 473 | 31.1% | 488 | 32.0% | 392 | 27.6% | 397 | 27.8% | 450 | 30.3% |
| Grade 11: | 322 | 21.3% | 287 | 18.7% | 304 | 20.0% | 299 | 19.6% | 310 | 21.8% | 301 | 21.0% | 313 | 21.1% |
| Grade 12: | 331 | 21.9% | 331 | 21.5% | 309 | 20.3% | 308 | 20.2% | 280 | 19.7% | 309 | 21.6% | 285 | 19.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 759 | 50.1% | 798 | 51.9% | 771 | 50.6% | 764 | 50.2% | 704 | 49.6% | 687 | 48.0% | 777 | 52.3% |
| Female: | 755 | 49.9% | 740 | 48.1% | 752 | 49.4% | 759 | 49.8% | 716 | 50.4% | 725 | 50.7% | 696 | 46.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 17 | 1.1% | 14 | 0.9% | 10 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.4% | 8 | 0.6% | 11 | 0.7% |
| Hispanic: | 80 | 5.3% | 62 | 4.0% | 54 | 3.5% | 55 | 3.6% | 24 | 1.7% | 18 | 1.3% | 18 | 1.2% |
| Black: | 534 | 35.3% | 578 | 37.6% | 600 | 39.4% | 578 | 38.0% | 574 | 40.4% | 608 | 42.5% | 618 | 41.6% |
| White: | 838 | 55.4% | 846 | 55.0% | 824 | 54.1% | 855 | 56.1% | 795 | 56.0% | 783 | 54.8% | 827 | 55.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 42 | 2.8% | 34 | 2.2% | 29 | 1.9% | 28 | 1.8% | 18 | 1.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 825 | 54.5% | 833 | 54.2% | 830 | 54.5% | 794 | 52.1% | 728 | 51.3% | 703 | 49.2% | 645 | 43.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 87 | 5.7% | 97 | 6.3% | 100 | 6.6% | 107 | 7.0% | 106 | 7.5% | 95 | 6.6% | 128 | 8.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.43 | 15.11 | 15.03 | 15.56 | 15.71 | 16.30 | 16.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 42% | 54% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 50% | 68.4% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 58.1% | 60.9% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 18.4% | 18.4% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76% | 79% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 68% | 76% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.7% | 80.8% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.4% | 88.5% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.7% | 86.2% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.3% | 88.3% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92.7% | 92.7% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.5% | 85.5% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 34% | 39% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 34.2% | 43.1% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 49.7% | 56.4% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 49.7% | 58.5% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 64.8% | 71% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 69.9% | 69.9% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 52% | 52% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 88.7% | 88.7% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 30.2% | 30.2% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 47.9% | 47.9% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 50.3% | 59.7% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 53.7% | 59.9% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 47.4% | 75% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 81.7% | 81.7% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 86.6% | 86.6% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 85.8% | 85.8% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 47% | 51% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 40.5% | 47.8% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 45.1% | 57.4% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 52.9% | 52.4% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 68.7% | 71.3% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 65.4% | 65.4% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 82.8% | 82.8% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 4.3% | 4.3% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 59.8% | 61.4% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 70.4% | 70.4% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 64.7% | 64.7% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 70.1% | 70.1% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 53% | 57% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 55.4% | 62.7% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72.4% | 78.4% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 74.8% | 79.7% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.3% | 86.2% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.1% | 85.1% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.4% | 85.4% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.6% | 88.6% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 54% | 57% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 57.4% | 63.4% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 56.9% | 63.6% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 69.8% | 76.3% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 74% | 79% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 78.1% | 78.1% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 86.5% | 86.5% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 81.5% | 81.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 63% | 66% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 53.9% | 60.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 40.5% | 51.5% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 21.9% | 21.9% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 54.2% | 58.5% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 67.4% | 67.4% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 75.4% | 75.4% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 63.5% | 63.5% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90.1% | 91.5% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 86.9% | 89% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 86.7% | 88.3% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 84.7% | 86.4% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 85.32% | 87.6% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 86.5% | 88.2% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 72.9% | 74.5% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 84% | 84% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 89% | 91% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95.8% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 84% | 86% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 85.1% | 87.6% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 95% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90.08% | 92% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 92% | 93% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 58% | 63% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 64.3% | 67.9% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 76% | 80% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81% | 83.8% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 87% | 88% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81.75% | 85% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Ware County High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.